“And my worst fears have all come true” (Job 3:25 CEV)
Many have
erroneously thought it was God who permitted Satan to buffet Job and make him
suffer, just so he would be humble. That’s not true! Job’s fear was his
undoing! He created a platform for Satan to come in and mess things up in his
life by voicing his fears. Job was a man whom God had greatly blessed and
protected. Satan knew this, for he said, “Hast not
thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath
on every side?” (Job 1:10).
Satan had
hitherto tried to attack job and found that the man was heavily fortified by
God; there was a spiritual hedge of protection around him. Satan only gained
access to attack Job when Job allowed the spirit of fear to take over his
heart! Despite God’s protection over his life, which even Satan attested to,
Job lamented, “…the thing which I greatly feared is come
upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me” (Job 3:25).
Job’s
problem was his fear, and fear hinders faith. Fear is actually negative faith;
it’s a demonstration of faith in the ability of the adversary to hurt you. The
moment Job started talking his fears, he was digging holes in the protective
hedge God had built around him. Job delivered his goods to Satan through the
perverseness of his lips – by talking and acting fear.
Never talk
fear or give voice to words inspired by fear. Continually fill your heart with
the Word of God, “…for out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh” (Matthew 12:34). When your heart is filled
with the Word, your mouth will of a necessity speak from the rich deposit of
the Word in your Spirit.
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