DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 10 DECEMBER 2021 — FAITH IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF FEAR
DCLM Higher Everyday 10 DECEMBER 2021 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi —FAITH IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF FEAR
TOPIC: FAITH IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF FEAR
BIBLE TEXT: NUMBERS 14:1-9
1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
MEMORY VERSE: “Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not” (NUMBERS 14:9).
MESSAGE:
The wilderness journey was originally designed by God to prove the faithfulness of the children of Israel. God allowed certain challenging situations to confront the people in order to examine their comportment in trying times. The evil reports brought back by ten spies constituted the environment upon which their fear thrived. Walking by sight was their nightmare. They soon forgot God’s miraculous deliverance through mighty signs and wonders. Obsessed by fear, they spoke against their leaders and wished they (murmurers) had died in Egypt.
Fear has torment, can cripple the brain and impair proper thinking. Like Joshua and Caleb, we must base our confidence in God’s promises. You must see through the eyes of faith and the might of the Almighty. Faith is our weapon of victory. Only faith can remove fear.
F.E.A.R. can be seen acronymically as False Evidence Appearing Real. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Through the shield of faith, you can quench all the fiery darts of the devil. Walk by faith and not by sight.
QUOTE: See through the eyes of faith.
CHALLENGE: God calms all fears.
PRAYER: Oh Lord, increase my faith.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
