Fearing God

"Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, and he will be a sanctuary."
isa.8:12-14a

those Words move me. the words of a true comtemporary... 'don't fear what the world fears; fear God and all the He can do.' if only our thinking could be transformed to get a real grip on these words.

all my personal fears - stresses - cares - would all be taken away b/c my faith would trust that God was truly in control. i would be able to simple state my whatever was going on in my mind to the God Almighty, and leave it there - not to make much of it. all i would need to make much of would be Jesus Himself. that would leave a whole lot more time for praising and exclaiming how good He is and how wonderfully He cares for me.

but instead i seem to stumble around the dark = following the world in its pattern of keeping my fears bottled up inside. with the mentality, that i'm a big girl and i can handle it. i'm anal; my mind races with too many thots of 'what if's?'.

my God,
i cry out to You because You are the Lord Almighty. You desire for me to trust You with a trust that is beyond my comprehension. i'm only beginning to understand how deeply You want to be to involved. i ask for You to deepen my the way i regard You as holy and the way i fear You. i want to be free from the worries which drag me down. You are able to take full control. give me wisdom, Father.
in Christ's Name ~ Amen

*Sam *Pantsy *Amanda