NEVER TALK FEAR!

“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.