"A final Word: Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power." -Ephesians 6:10

I have discovered that fear is one of the easiest ways that an enemy can attack us. If we succumb to fear in any aspect of the word, God's whole plan for can be changed and the blessings that Jesus has promised us become harder to attain.

For example, about 2 and a half years ago, I wanted to start a web design business. I researched it in and out and a couple of friends were interested in hiring me for their businesses and I was a bit scared to actually pull out the big guns and submit to their requests for fear that I would let them down. (Even though I let them down by not following through with their jobs) And then an ex friend contacted me out of the blue and said that she knew the manager of this musical band that were starting out in Melbourne. When I realised that the manager was actually a well known Australian musician, I freaked out and thought I would never be able to do the job well enough and made up some half-hearted excuse about how I didn't have the time and I let the job go -- even though it wasn't a difficult job to begin with.

Fast forward to about a year and a half ago, I was in the car with my friend and discussing about how I had fallen victim to not following through with amazing opportunities out of fear. I then told him my bit about the band, and the website and my fear and he sat wide-eyed in shock and stared at me in disbelief and informed me that the band (that I hadn't really heard too much about except a myspace page at that point) had just signed to a major record label - SonyBMG... !!!!!!!  He blatantly told me, "you're an idiot" ... we sort of had a laugh and a "oh well, what can you do?" ... and then just last week I was in a music chain store and saw this bands debut cd in the CD display ... and I realised I'd made a stupid mistake because I let someone less powerful than God whisper things in to my ear that I believed over Christ's words.

And that is one of many, many little examples as to how my life has been ruled by something or someone else instilling fear in to my heart - and having been consumed by that and turning away from God's promise.

If you decide one day that you wont take on a job, you won't take an opportunity that you feel is possibly pulling you -- if you succumb to not participating in something due to laziness or don't work to your very potential ... these minor little things can possibly deter the ultimate plan that God has for each of us. He wants us to be the very best that we can, He wants us to do everything for the Glory of His name, not someone else's...

BIG revelation!

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