Hi guys and welcome back to day two of the writing portion of my gratitude week content. In today’s blog post I’ll be divulging into one of the major challenges that I have overcome which is fear. Yes, this is a challenge I am sure most of us can resonate with and understand. As humans, we wrestle with fear on an involuntarily regular basis. However, as children of God, should we wrestle with something that is quite literally under our feet? Some may answer yes because we still battle with our human flesh. The wrestle indicates that we are resisting – that we are putting up a fight against this bully-based spirit. I do want to ask what do we do after the tussle? How exactly does that fight look as a believer in Christ? It looks like us taking flight despite the fear!

This flight is not us fleeting from obeying God like Jonah but running to Him when we feel the presence of that bullying spirit. The Bible teaches us to submit to God before we resist the devil. So with this in mind, we understand that God we aren’t merely fighting in our own strength but through the empowerment of God. I know some of you may be waiting on me to give up the tea in my own bout with fear, right? Well, fear has shown up in many ways for me but to consolidate it for reading sake, I will just discuss one form of me taking flight in fear which is my move to New York nine years ago. I was so frightful that I actually turned down the first job offer that was given to me. There was fear of the unknown, not being protected, making new friends, and losing myself in a larger and faster environment than what I was accustomed to. Even with saying that, there was this still, small voice reminding me that I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me! Keeping this truth in mind, I asked God that if it be His Will may He open the door again and this time I won’t be afraid to walk through it!

Long story short, He did just that and although it was one of the best faith moves I have ever made I’d be lying if I said my yes did not come with some hardship. What I can say is that those hardships were orchestrated to happen whether I moved or not. Because I was in the will of God, I was able to carry my cross better than if I decided to stay in my hometown. I say that because the support that I have been afforded in New York has helped me in so many ways as it relates to my spiritual growth in Christ. The very place I would pray about to experience is where I am currently planted within my local church – a free space for Holy Spirit to dwell and move. My flight in fear has been a miraculous exchange of my humanity for God’s supremacy working in my life and for that I am eternally grateful!

Thank You, God for choosing me to display Your glory and giving me another chance to say, yes!

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