Why Christians Should not Fear Death

When it comes to living in this world fear of death is one thing that dominates how we all have to deal with.  When one thinks about all fear whether it is of heights, or being in a tight crawl space or flying it all centers around the fear that death could be involved if the situation lives up to what our imagination has visualized.  Fear is the devil's faith.  God's faith is based on the fact that He wants us to believe Him for what He has promised us from His written Word.  Now I have been through the Bible quite a bit in my life time and I have yet to see where God wants to bring us harm.  The Bible declares in John 10:10, " That the enemy comes to kill, to steal and to destroy."  That is what the devil's faith will produce if we adhere to what he is preaching and wanting for us to confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts for.

God wants us to confess and believe upon the promises that He has given unto us.  Stand upon God's promises for the Bible declares the following in Deuteronomy 30:19, " I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live".  Fear or faith is a choice which one has to make.  The more one fills oneself with what the world has to offer the more fear will dominate.  It is just like body building.  It depends on how often you work those muscles that determines how strong one will be.  I know that spending time with the Lord in His Word and prayer will build muscles that exercise the God type of faith that He wants for us to have.  Fear and the death it produces will dominate if  a person won't lock into the God way of doing things.  So if you want fear and the death to continue its reign of terror in your life than don't spend anytime with the Lord of the Universe and you will continue to enjoy the  results of what these two deadly fruits will produce.  But if you want a different path than choose to try the God of the Bible's way.  I highly suggest that you choose Life.  For God's way suggest that the closest that death will ever come to you is as a shadow (Psalm 23:4).  Life through Christ has overcome death.  Praise His name!

Fear versus Faith

When it comes to the walk of faith in God the biggest enemy that we all face is fear.  I am a true believer that fear is a reciprocal of faith.  The enemy will attempt to place fear in one's heart about anything that we are not sure of.  Whether it is a job change, a relationship that we want to have or about anything that we are faced with a decision that moves us out of our comfort zone fear will try to move us into a place where we will just stand still and do nothing.  Fear binds a person.

Faith on the other hand requires action.  If God is leading you to go and do something that is beyond your comfort zone He will show you a step but you must be willing to take that step to find out what the next one is.  Faith is not trusting in the situation that you are faced in and what you may have in resources or in the amount of people you may know, it is based in a relationship with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  God wants us to trust Him.  After all the Bible declares in Hebrews 11:6, "That without faith it is impossible to please Him, for we must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him".

So when you are faced with a situation that you are not sure of don't let fear gripe your heart.  For fear is the devil's version of faith.  Use your faith in God and His word to guide your steps.  Step out and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit of God.  If you make a mistake admit it to the Lord and He will get you back on the path that you need to travel on.  Don't be a person like Abraham's father Terah who left for Canaan but stopped short of the promise land and settled in Haran(Genesis 11:31-32).  It is not time for us to settle for less than what God has promised.  It is time to possess our promise land in God and to bring the Lord's Kingdom into the earth.  For it is time for faith to arise.  Let us walk with God seeking Him and doing as He says.  As we do we will conquer fear and experience a new level of knowledge and experience with God that we would not otherwise.   

Is the walk of faith easy.  No, but those of us who want to experience the best that God has will take this challenge and experience what the word of God says in 1 John 5:4 " For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."  Let us be over comers in Jesus name.