by David Favour Love
[pull_quote_center]”For the thing which I GREATLY FEARED is come upon me, and that which I was AFRAID OF is come unto me.” – Job 3:25[/pull_quote_center]
I have come to the realization that civilization and enlightenment are different from themselves and intelligence (the ability of acquiring knowledge, information and skill for application) and wisdom (the steps of soundness of actions based on differentiating quality in experience, knowledge and good judgement) are actually close but still different in themselves based on actions and reactions.
People can be educated and graduates from school with first class in grades but still not having wisdom and dropouts from school will become their employers and it’s the truth from even current statistics of the rich of which 86% are either illiterate or dropouts or uneducated at all. In the school of the rich it’s discovered that there are 2 categories of people which are the street smart people and school smart people but it’s a shocking to realize that the street smart are over 65% more successful than school smart people and 87% of school smart people that became successful had to learn again how to be street smart or from the street smart.
And this is not exclusive of even Pastors because it’s realized that less than 15% of Pastors from Bible colleges become successful or even fulfill their callings. Dr David Youngi Cho wasn’t a graduate from a University and Bishop David Oyedepo is a Polytechnic graduate who went on to obtain a doctorate degree from Oral Roberts Theological.
Am taking us on this journey to make us realize behind FEAR is ignorance in one way or the other. Many fear they won’t ever make it in life in the current day because of several reasons like lack of education, no parental support, no true friends, no tangible ideas, no opportunities etc BUT for every fear experienced deep within there’s wisdom to overcome them. Success has been achieved by almost millions of people without parental support, no true friends, setbacks, poor background, no idea to begin with, no or lack of adequate education etc because they had courage and refused fear of several kinds.
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“And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: FEAR NOT, neither be dismayed.” – Deutronomy 31:8.
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Whatever you fear is your insecurity and the sum total of all your fears are your insecurities.
You can pretend to be secured but your actions would still reveal sooner or later. I normally do something at times ridiculous or taken a little bit to the extreme to overcome some of my fears. Like the fear of heights (ACROPHOBIA) used to be a very serious thing for me but one of the things i do is deliberately seat at window seats in flights, stay in suites (i prefer them to rooms for many reasons and can seriously strike very good bargains for them) at hotels on any of the top floors. We all have something we fear which means we all have something we are all insecure of or about BUT there’s wisdom for every fear. The wisdom could be available to cause prevention, protection, solution or restoration.
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID AFRAID OF?
FEAR NOT! With God there’s a prevention, protection, solution and restoration wisdom in His word. FEAR NOT! Because if you don’t stop that fear you will become a victim to it. Job who was the richest man of his time but he experienced everything he feared and became the poorest and even very sickly even though he was 100% righteous:
“And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a PERFECT and an UPRIGHT man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?” – Job 1:8
Let’s never forget that God doesn’t exaggerate nor ever lie nor can He even lie “That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie,…” Hebrews 6:18;. He acknowledged 4 major characteristics in Job 1) A Perfect person, 2) An upright person, 3) one who fears God and 4) one who refuses evil nor take part in evil. You can be perfect and still be a victim of your fears, you can be upright and still be victimized by your fears, you can fear God and not do anything wrong all your life or for sometime now in your life and still be a victim of your fears and you can avoid evil and never take part in it and still be victimized by your fears. Your fears are your insecurities and your insecurities opens you up to victimization. FEAR NOT!
Am never insecure of any anointing on any man or woman but can only be impressed and am flowing continuously in grace and anointing of God for my own calling, ministry and impact to be made or made in times past. Am not afraid of losing my marriage or my wife to any other man and even when our marriage hit the rocks we have bounced back and even stronger in love, agreements and unity. Stop that fear because the devil will use it against you just as God uses faith for you and to help you.
5 things that will build fear in your life are 1) Wrong information, 2) Wrong Counsel, 3) Emotions, 4) Lack of prayers and 5) wrong association.
Whatever you are informed must be verified and proven beyond all shadow of doubts to be true before believed or concluded upon and for married people don’t ever take words against your spouse hook in line and sinker or you will sink your marriage. Advise is not just advise it has to come from one who has solved such problems in their lives not just from someone with ideas or close to talk to. I had a dream one day and saw myself eating with late Dr. Myles Monroe and I woke up a little afraid thinking maybe am going to die soon or at the peak of my ministry but the Holy Spirit gave me peace and told me to fear nothing that He is showing me a major phase of ministry am stepping into.
I prayed and followed the prompting to discuss with Pastor Seyi Bamgbose and the he told me clearly that “Sir,only contemporaries eat together at the same table…”
We discussed some of the major development am making in myself that reflects the facts that I also cherish a lot that late great man of God had achieved. I discussed with him because even though am a prophet with the gift of interpretation of dreams I needed someone else with same gift to help me out too so right in that situation I refuse to yield to my emotions of fear, just talking to anyone and getting wrong counsel, I prayed and attached myself to a right association. FEAR NOT.
You can’t hide and pretend about some certain insecurities you have to be secure. Be victorious! Be secure!
Blessings.
Dr. David Favour Love is a leadership and business consultant. He is also a personal coach having spent over 20 years in ministry preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He developed the 4 R-Impacts – Revivals, Re-engineering, Relationships, and Relevance. He is chief executive of DFL Great Refuge Consult. He can be reached by email HERE and HERE. Connect with him on Facebook.
The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author.
