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1 - Gods Command to Not Fear. - (PBC @01)
Episode Title: "God's Command Not to Fear" – Confronting Fear with Faith and Biblical Wisdom
Are you ready to confront your fears and reclaim your faith? In our latest episode, "God's Command Not to Fear," we dive deep into the concept of fear from a biblical perspective, helping you discover how to overcome anxiety and trust in God's unwavering promises. Fear is a powerful emotion that touches everyone, whether it’s fear of failure, fear of the unknown, or the paralyzing fear that holds us back from fulfilling our divine purpose. Yet, the Bible offers us a profound blueprint to confront and conquer this emotion, reminding us that we are not alone.
In this episode, we unpack fear’s roots and how it affects our lives. By exploring scripture, we delve into Isaiah 41:10, where God assures us, "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." These words of reassurance are a call to recognize God's presence and to trust in His promises of support, even when fear seems overwhelming.
Biblical Wisdom on Fear: Fear is not just a fleeting emotion; it is often a tactic used by the enemy to cloud our judgment, leading us to question our faith and our ability to walk in the purpose God has set before us. Throughout the Bible, God commands us not to fear. In 2 Timothy 1:7, it is written, "For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." This reminds us that fear does not come from God but is a tactic of the enemy to prevent us from embracing the fullness of God's will in our lives.
Fear and Faith: A Delicate Balance: In this episode, we discuss the intricate relationship between fear and faith. Fear can distort our perceptions and hinder us from stepping into God's calling. When we are ruled by fear, we often miss the peace and assurance that comes with unwavering faith in God's plan for us. As we reflect on passages such as Psalm 34:4, "I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears," we learn that faith in God brings us the peace that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7).
We also explore the societal pressures and challenges that amplify our fears in today's world, from the fast-paced news cycle to cultural expectations that impose unrealistic standards. By grounding ourselves in the truth of God’s Word, we can resist these external pressures and cultivate an unshakable confidence rooted in His love and faithfulness.
Practical Steps to Overcome Fear: Listeners will leave this episode with practical, actionable steps to confront and overcome their fears. Through reflection, prayer, and scriptural meditation, we equip you with tools to anchor your faith in God's promises. Matthew 6:34 reminds us, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” When we let go of tomorrow’s anxieties and focus on God’s faithfulness in the present, fear begins to lose its grip on our hearts.
The Power of Faith in Overcoming Fear: We conclude with a call to live boldly in faith. Romans 8:15 tells us, "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship." This powerful truth reminds us that fear has no hold over those who are in Christ. With His Spirit within us, we are empowered to stand firm in our faith, casting aside all fear and walking confidently in His light.
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Speaker 2:God bless you wherever you are. We thank you so much for joining us for this podcast. You know a very interesting subject that we're going to tackle. I think this is a subject that the world is really looking at really, really clearly, and it's the subject of fear. The subject of fear Wherever you are across the world, whatever culture you come from, whatever background you come from, whatever lifestyle that you have, and wherever you live on planet earth.
Speaker 2:I really believe, as we live in the days that we live, whether we look through the biblical eyes, whether we look through the eyes of nature, whether we look through the eyes of spiritual, unspiritual church, unchurched, however we look at life, whether we come to church or we don't go to church, whether we are are ministers or not ministers, whether we are believers or not believers, you know, fear hits every human being in every way, shape and form, and the title of this podcast is God's Command Not to Fear. It's a very interesting word fear. You know fear is mentioned in the Bible 365 times. Isn't that interesting that it's 365 days of the year? So the word of God is very, very strong on the word fear. But whether we are faith-based believers, whether we are outside of church. We look at life through reasoning. We look through life through physics and science and through mathematics, and however we look at life, one thing that we cannot escape is that word fear, and especially in today's culture and society that we live in, it's a very interesting subject to talk about. So I would just like to throw a few things open on the table. You know, thank you so much, wherever you are across the world, for downloading this stuff and reading our books out there. But the title of this podcast is pretty simple God's Command Not to Fear. Now, the word command, you know, that can put fear for us. Already. We're just the word of God, you know, because the word of God is power. It's sharper than a double-edged sword.
Speaker 2:But what actually is fear? Is fear classified as an emotion? Is it psychological Is is it spiritual? Is it biological? There's four areas that we could clearly look at that where fear comes from. Certainly it is an emotion, an extremely strong emotion psychological, completely spiritual, yes, and biological components. It's very, very interesting. Where does this come from? Fear as an emotion? So, if we just have a moment just to pause, what is fear as an emotion?
Speaker 2:Fear is one of the basic human emotions. It is triggered by perception through uh, danger or threat. You know it's real or it's imagined. It puts us in a survival value. Because of the motives that it's coming from. Do we take action? Is it the the flight and fight mode or do we even freeze? Have you ever had experiences where fear has been so strong that it actually incapacitates you? It makes you freeze, it makes you hold your place. It can do so many things to the human body. It can make you run on adrenaline, it can freeze you, it can put you to flight like you never before, or it can bring harm to you as well.
Speaker 2:We understand that, that fear through science and the way you study, you look at fear, fear itself and what it does to the human being. And when we live our lives completely fearful, it it is a bit of a and I shouldn't say a bit but it damages us quite a lot. You know fear. If we live our lives by fear, you know we're going to live our lives by hope and whether we're in faith or out of faith, however we look at life through, whatever lens we are looking life at, I think it's really important to understand that every human being, through certain areas, of time zones, of culture, of colours, of creeds, wherever we come from across the earth, whether we're biblically sound, whether we're just born again, whether we're religious, whether we're an atheist, whether we're a Muslim, whether we serve Sikhism, buddha, whether we're a witch, a white witch, black witch, whatever way you want to look at life, however we label ourselves an academic. You know, whatever way you want to look at your life, fear hits every culture, every type of human being. You've only got to look at children now as well. Children are more fearful than they've ever been in their life.
Speaker 2:So when you look at fear, what is it? It's a basic emotion, a human emotion triggered. It is triggered in many, many ways. It's emotional, it's psychological, it certainly is spiritual and it can have biological components, depending on the experience and where we've come from, from life. So when you look at it as an emotion fear is one of the basic emotions it is triggered, typically triggered. Triggered, sorry, by the preparation of the body and the mind getting ready for there is danger or there is threat or there is something that is going to happen to me. You know, I believe a lot of human beings through life, live their lives through fear.
Speaker 2:What does the Bible say? Because we have to look at it through the spiritual lens. If you have a Bible in front of you, I would encourage you to turn to the book of Isaiah. Isaiah, chapter 41. And if you look in verse 10, there's a very interesting scripture tucked away in Isaiah 41, verse 10. And this is what it says. So, isaiah, the word of God, the Old Testament, is coming from the lens and from the point, the viewpoint, the understanding that fear can overtake your faith. Now, that is so true. Now, I would put it like this in a worldly word as well Fear can overtake your hope. Whether you're in faith, out of faith, whatever you're understanding, fear can really change your vision and your focus.
Speaker 2:Fear can change so much in your life, the way you perceive things, the way you look at things, the way you analyze life itself. It can hold you indoors. It will stop you from getting a job, it will stop you migrating, and what I mean by that is literally getting into the fabric of life and living life and moving around life. You know, fear will hold you back in so many ways. Fear triggers so much. It triggers the anxiety. You know we won't talk about anxiety at the moment, because we're just laying a bit of a foundation. You know, in this first podcast, you know we're going to do probably around about 10. We'll do around about 10 podcasts and we'll just see a quick, fired 30 minutes of just a quick outline, a quick overview of what fear is.
Speaker 2:Well, you know, we can talk forever and a day, fear is a very powerful emotion. But actually it could be labeled as a basic human emotion. But I don't like to use the word basic because I actually do not want to lift up fear as in it is ruling my life. But every one of us can drop into fear. But what does the Bible say? You know the Bible is very clear what it says about faith. The Bible is very clear what it says about fear, and you might be listening to this podcast, you might be a believer and you know what I'm turning to the book of Isaiah, 41, verse 10. But fear cannot be part of our lives. We need to deal with the and we need to address whatever it may be. It might be a person, it might be work, it might be education. We might be fearful of living, we might be fearful of dying, we might be fearful of going into work, fearful of marriage, fearful of losing a partner. We might be frightened of many things in our lives. Financial fear, that's a big one, you know. Spiritual fear, you know. You look at the darker side, the other side of the cross of Calvary, the dark side, you know. Lucifer uses fear because that is all he has. And when I say all he has is when he uses fear it integrates and it distorts our faith of Christ.
Speaker 2:When you look in the New Testament, you look at that great story about Peter. You know Peter and the disciples were in the boat. Christ pushed Peter and the disciples off and the Bible says that Christ put them in the boat. He sent them to the other side on the lake. Jesus went off and he prayed and he spent some time and the bible says uh in in the fourth watch of the night. It says the the storm was against the boat. You know the wind was was ruffling up, that the feathers of the? Uh, the lake and the waves were against the boat and it was being buffeted. There's nothing worse than having small waves of fear and trigger and emotion and doubt, and all that just hitting the boat of life and Peter and the other disciples. What happened was the fear of the unknown, changed their vision. And this happens in life just generally.
Speaker 2:Now I'm going to take us outside of what I will call outside of Christianity. Fear will change your vision in the secular world, because what fear does? It distorts your understanding and it distorts your hope of what lies ahead. And Peter basically cried out if that is you call me, call me and I will come to you. I will jump out of this boat and I will walk towards you.
Speaker 2:See, words are powerful. Words are used in work, in secularization, in school and on social media and all over the place. Our lives are governed by what we hear and what we say and how people react and how people speak to us. It is very, very important that I get to grips very quickly in life itself and understand that I've got to be careful of the people that I keep company with. Why do you say that? I say that very, very loud and clear because people will carry you or people will drop you. What do you mean? Drop me? We understand what it means. When people will carry us, they will encourage us. They will give us words that will encourage us and say Ben, come on, it's going to be all right, don't worry, it's going to be fine. You're going to make it through this situation or you can be surrounded by people that will drop words on you. Who do you think you are? You're never going to achieve much and what that does? That triggers our emotions. When our emotions are triggered and that is a typical trigger point people around us and they drive fear into us. You're never going to be no good. You're never going to be able to do this. You're you in this relationship forever.
Speaker 2:You know narcissistic controllers. They use fear. They use the power of fear to control people in marriage, out of marriage. You know, when you look at what's going on around the world, the political area is a very interesting area where it uses fear and all the stuff that goes with that. Church pastors and leaders, leaders that's a very big area as well, where we watch pastors and leaders that are not really of the church, where they're in an occultic situation, where they're driving fear over the congregation and manipulation and control. That's what we are talking about spiritual control, spiritual fear being driven onto the congregation, making the congregation do whatever the leadership team needs, whatever the pastor, the bishop, needs. You know the pastors and the leaders. They use fear to manipulate and control. Governments use fear, manipulation and control.
Speaker 2:Social media is a big area where it uses uh, areas of control, where it will use fear to control us. It will try and shape us into the person you know we can be fearful of, of this is happening on social media, that this family is doing this. Our family can't afford this. Why are they? And fear really changes your perception of life. Fear changes the focus on everything, whether you're churched, unchurched, whether you're following christ or you're not following christ.
Speaker 2:Fear is labeled as a basic emotion, but I don't like to label it that because it's not really basic in that way. But what I'm trying to get to is that fear can distort your vision. And coming back to peter, as he was on the lake, it's very, very clear that he said we are not sure if that is Jesus. We can't tell, because fear has changed our perception of Christ. Fear has changed our perception. The storm of life has suddenly changed our perception of what we thought and what we came to understand that Jesus was so. Faith and fear run so close together. So the Bible, in the book of Isaiah, 41, verse 10, says this if you have a Bible. Check these references, these biblical references, for yourself. It's really, really important.
Speaker 2:So we're tackling fear. What is fear? Fear is an emotion. There are three areas. There are three areas that we might get a chance to look at, but the main area is that we need to come to understand is an emotion, but is it an emotion that is driven from the flesh or is it an emotion that is driven deeper within the spiritual realm? And then, when we find that it is a spiritual drive, then suddenly it becomes a psychological drive.
Speaker 2:We've got to be very careful of psychological fear. You know there are many people out there that are narcissists, that are controlling people, that they will use psychological fear, and there are pastors out there that will use spiritual fear and there are people in our lives that will use emotional fear. We won't have time to go into looking at the biological components, but it's really really important that the three areas, the three key areas of fear, sit in these, these complex areas emotion, spiritual and psychological. So firstly it sits and it starts off in emotion. The emotion then suddenly turns to psychological. That makes a second guess, but then suddenly as well it into spiritual. But you could actually switch all these three around in any which way you want. You know, sometimes if you're in church it will come first spiritually. So the spiritual fear will come upon you and then suddenly that will trigger the psychological process, the thinking, the understanding, the cognitive processing, but then that will drive the emotion. But you might be in a relationship, you might be in a situation where that person is using psychological fear, where you second guess yourself, where you're not sure where they're trying to run you down while they're trying to tear you down.
Speaker 2:You know, I just want to read this scripture and it's really, really important that we get this out. You know this is a quick fire 30 minutes and the clock is ticking against us. Isaiah 41, verse 10. So do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Let me read that again wherever you are across the world listening to this podcast, reading this book on fear, you know Isaiah 41, verse 10, says so, do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. See, god doesn't want us to fear. Hold you with my righteous right hand. See, god doesn't want us to fear. God doesn't want you to fear. God doesn't want you to live your life or myself to be living under the drumbeat of fear the fear of no money, the fear of lack, the fear of being bullied, the fear of a relationship that's not working, the fear of a job, the fear of culture.
Speaker 2:That's another area that we might be able to expand on later on down the line is cultural fear. You know every culture. It doesn't matter what color, where you're birthed, what your postcode is, what your geographical place of rest is. You know culture will use fear very, very clearly to drive their certain ideologies over each and every one of us. There is no one on this earth that can escape cultural drive and we've got to be careful.
Speaker 2:Fear is used. Fear is used by human beings and fear is used more primarily by the dark side. So fear is what. Let's just clear this up. Fear is an emotion, fear is psychological and fear is what. Let's just clear this up. Fear is an emotion, fear is psychological and fear is spiritual. So fear is an emotion. We've got to be really clear that it is a basic emotion, but it is triggered by a few things. It is triggered by danger or it was triggered by threat.
Speaker 2:I've got to be really careful that the people around me. Are they for me or are they against me? Are they uplifting me? Are they giving me a good word? Are they lifting me and helping me when it hits the wall, when everything goes haywire, when everything goes wobbly? The people around me are they encouraging me in my times of fear? Are they encouraging me when I'm down? Are they helping me when I'm struggling? Are they helping me when I'm very fearful? You know, social anxiety is extremely high at this moment in time. So when we look at fear as an emotion, it is labeled as a basic emotion and it is triggered by the perception of danger or threat. It is a very real. It can be extremely strong. It can overtake hope. It can overtake faith. Believe it or believe it not, it can overtake faith.
Speaker 2:I mentioned that new testament great biblical fact story. When christ pushed the disciples out across the lake, he went off the prairie and they looked on the lake. Christ came out and watched. Um watched the boat and as he was getting closer to the boat. The storm was beating against the boat. You know the disciples on the boat. They cried out in fear if that is, you call us lord. And peter said god is that you, lord, is that you, jesus, is that you does that? Is that you, jesus, is that you Does. That sound familiar? That is the cry from every one of us.
Speaker 2:Fear will distort our vision of Jesus. It's really, really important for me to understand that fear will distort my vision of Jesus. Once it distorts my vision of Jesus and then my life will be very foggy. As I look at life, we know what it's like when you're driving a car. When it's clear on the road, you can see for miles, you can see your surroundings, you know that happy drive. You know the sun's out, it's clear, you can see, you're relaxed.
Speaker 2:But when fog, when you're driving a car and when we're living our lives, when it clear and we got clarity and we see everything before us, reminding ourselves what the bible says in isaiah 41, verse 10 so do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your god. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. God is telling you, wherever you are at this moment in time, through this podcast, through this book, through the literature, through however you are listening, through the radio ministry, that we push this out. So do not fear. God has commanded us, god's command, not to fear. And in the book of joshua, chapter 1, verse verse 9, that very famous text that we are very familiar with here in this ministry. It's a beautiful text and I'm going to read it and I'm going to come back to the fog in just a few moments. Have I not commanded you be strong and courageous, do not be afraid, do not be dismayed, for the lord, your god, will be with you wherever you go.
Speaker 2:So we have to look at fear not just as an emotion but as a spiritual drive. So who would drive a fear arrow into our lives? Lucifer, quite a strong word to use. Lucifer uses fear to change our perception of Jesus Christ. The Bible says very clearly in 2 Timothy 1, verse 7, for the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, love and self-discipline. What god gave us is power not to be timid, not to be frightened, but be bold wherever you are in life.
Speaker 2:Do not allow fear to make you timid. Do not allow the cultural fear to put you down. Do not allow social media fear to tell you that you're not worth anything. We haven't had time to even go into the the fear that social media does to the human being. You know hours and hours of aimlessly scrolling on the social networks looking for this happy button, this happy drive. The only place that we will find fulfillment is not in the devil's playground of social media.
Speaker 2:The place that we will find fulfillment is in the scripture, is in the word of God, and if you are an atheist out there reading this book, if you are an atheist out there listening to this podcast, just give Jesus a try. What do you mean? Hold it. Let's just take a moment. When I mean give Jesus a try, get hold of the word of God. Ransack the word.
Speaker 2:Go online and type in what does the Bible say about fear and just see what the scripture says about fear. By reading what the scripture says about fear will make you feel so much more secure, whether you're in faith or whether you're outside of faith. Let me tell you this the bible says in isaiah 41, verse 10, the main text that we've read out. So do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your god. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Now let's just continue to remind. Let's beat this drum a little bit louder.
Speaker 2:So what is fear? Fear is has three components it is emotion, psychological and it is spiritual, and we could put these in any format that we want. The church and the devil uses spiritual fear to control the world, will use emotion and also culture will use psychological ideology. Culture will drive that psychological. There are many areas that we can look at this.
Speaker 2:Fear is a basic emotion, but it is triggered by the dread and the threat of trouble, danger or threat it's really important of trouble, danger or threat. It's really important. It will either put us in survival mode, where adrenaline will kick in and we will go in flight or fight, or it will put us in a place of freeze. Have you ever been frozen in fear? Have you ever been frozen where you don't know what to do? You can feel all energy and everything draining out of your bones, out of your body, and you feel your whole body completely changing because of the environment. Fear is so, so powerful. It is physical. It brings us a physical change. It increases the heart rate of a human being. It can also bring us shallow breathing muscles tense up, you know. It can bring spasms and cramps and there is so much more. And it is very, very important to understand that it affects my nervous system as a human being, that central part part of my life, the nervous system of my life. You know, part of the body's flight or fight response. It the, the nerve endings, the nerve, the way that it moves.
Speaker 2:And we haven't even had a chance to look into the spiritual aspect of fear. Now. That is a really interesting place to go, but we'll cover that another time. You know. So the bible is really clear what god says about fear, all the way through the scripture, all the way through. I want to encourage you, wherever you are at this moment, I want to encourage you never to allow fear to distort your perception of who you are and what life looks like in the lens that you are looking at. If you are in trouble at work and fear is driving you to work, if you are being bullied, if you're being driven by social networking and things are happening, if you're in a culture, I would really encourage you to find someone in your life to help you to get out of that situation.
Speaker 2:It's really, really important that we understand that the power of scripture, the power of the word of God, will bring faith. Faith is greater than fear. The world tries to get us to live by fear and suddenly fear becomes a normalization. Fear becomes normal. You know, when you look at life, when you look at covid19 and everything that's come along with a pandemic all those years back. Now you know it was fear. Fear changed the way that we lived. Fear will changed the way that we lived. Fear will change the way that we view the world. Fear will change in the spiritual realm, how we view Jesus Christ. That is factual because that is scripture. Peter said if that is you, the Bible says they wasn't sure if it was a ghost or not. If that is, you call me.
Speaker 2:I love the fact that the bible always emphasizes the audible voice of god, not the visualization of god. The church and the world uses, uh, the, the eye, the human eye, visualization. Everything is gone in the world by visualization and when we visualize what we have before us, that is how we live our lives. It will either bring that beautiful feeling of goodness or it will bring that, that terrible, dread feeling of fear when you watch the news and you see things happening around the world. You've got to be careful what you listen to, what you, what you, you know perception. We live our lives by perception, the very basic, fundamental points of being a human being. But the Bible tells us to just shall live by faith.
Speaker 2:I want to encourage you. I want to encourage you right now, in this first chapter, this first podcast that I'm doing, and the title of this God's Command Not to Fear. God is telling us do not fear. Do not be fearful of what you see in your life, do not be fearful of what you feel in your life. I pray that you will find rest. This was just been a quick 30 minutes overview of what fear looks like. Now let's just really quickly recap before we get out of here. Now.
Speaker 2:Fear is an emotion, fear is psychological and it is spiritual and the three are woven together. It might start first spiritually, that will trigger psychological and then it will go to emotion. It might start emotion, that will trigger spiritual and then that will go to psychological. Or it might start psychologically and then go spiritually and then obviously hit emotion, but the three go together. They're like being thrown in a cement mixer and they are just thrown in there and they're all mixed up and it depends where we are in life, whether it's driven by spiritual, by emotion or by psychological. It's really, really important that I get to grips that I cannot allow fear to run my life. Whether I'm in faith, I'm out of faith when I'm in church, non-church, whatever my life is reflecting, I cannot allow. I cannot allow fear to change my vision, whether I'm a Christian or a non-believer, because whether we are in the world of faith, in the kingdom of God, or whether we're in the world itself, fear will change your perception of what is before you. I pray that, wherever you are right now, that you will find rest and you will find peace. And we will cover this tomorrow.
Speaker 2:We will go back straight into this, and today's title of this podcast and this chapter of this book is God's command not to fear. The scripture reference is loud and clear the book of Isaiah 41, verse 10. So do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Speaker 2:Joshua, chapter 1, verse 9, have I not commanded you be strong and courageous, do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, for the lord, your god, will be with you wherever you go. Last scripture, reference to timothy, chapter 1, verse 7, for the spirit god gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline wherever you are across this world. I just want to emphasize do not allow fear to control you. Do not allow fear of what is around you to change your perception of life. I pray that you will find rest and you will find peace. May god strengthen you and carry you in the mighty name of jesus christ. Thank you for joining us on this podcast today. Please share and push this sort of stuff out. The title is very simply god's command not to fear. God bless every one of you, amen.
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