dailydatewithgod

It always strikes me that a message repeated over and over by God in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures is “Be Not Afraid” or “Fear not”.  God knows that we experience fear.  But when he tells us not to be afraid or to fear not, I don’t think he is telling us not to actually feel that or somehow excise it out of us.  He is telling us not to be ruled by it.  He acknowledges that it exists and calls it out, but encourages us to trust him.  As if to say “I see that you are afraid, I got that.  I AM here.  There is no longer a need to let it run you.”  Feelings are indications of how we are experiencing the world.  They provide us with clues as to where I am in regards to my center, my core, my source of all being.  In other words.  My feelings indicate for me if my thinking is in alignment with God or if it is solely relying on my perspective of things.  My mind, as beautiful as it is, cannot imagine the infinite possibilities born of God.  So when things are happening and I am reacting, creating meaning I can know where I am drawing my sense of power–from myself or something greater than myself.  If my options seem limited or black and white, if all I can see is what is wrong and it is hopeless than it is an indication that I am only inside my own head.  When I am in that place, I am fearful, angry, resentful, jealous, prideful.  When I am connected to God there are many solutions to the situations I face, transformation occurs, I feel at peace, and most of all I am present in the moment.  Thus I feel happy, joyous, free, and am given the courage to walk through whatever it is.  I know that I am not alone.  So when God is encouraging us to be dauntless he is not criticizing that we are full of fear, he is simply extending a hand to see things as He sees things.  My prayer for you today is that you see your feelings as an indication of your connection with your Creator and an opportunity to connect with the possibilities that lie outside your mind.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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