No Shortcut To Fear

No Shortcut To Fear

There is no shortcut to remove fear from our lives.

We think that fear can be cast out. We command fear to be cast out from others and ourselves. But it doesn't work that way, because the enemy cannot put fear INTO us. Nowhere in the Bible tells us that satan puts the spirit of fear into us.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear... - Rom 8:15

We were born into the spirit of slavery through the Fall of Adam. The old man was in bondage (slavery) to fear. That nature walks by sight (2 Cor 5:7). It was sight that caused Eve and Adam to fall.

What the enemy does is simply to show us 'sight' (visible realm), so that we walk in fear. Because the opposite of faith is sight.

If the enemy is not IN you, you cannot cast him out. If fear is not put IN you, you cannot cast fear out.

If we are born again believers, fear is self-generated through walking by sight. No one puts fear into you. Therefore, you can't cast it out by casting it out.

We have to believe and keep receiving the love of God until it's perfect.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. - 1 John 4:18

The word 'perfect' here means, "add what is yet lacking in order to render a thing full." Fear is cast out by receiving His love. The more we receive His love, the more fear is cast out.

It's like you pouring clean water into a glass of dirty water. As clean water (love) goes in, dirty water (fear) comes out. Fear is cast out from the inside out by the love of God.

...for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. - 2 Tim 1:7

Since God has given us the spirit of love, there is no spirit of fear in us. Knowing WHO you are and WHOSE you are is the remedy for self-generated fear caused by sight.

Alot of the deliverance ministries try to cast out fear at the altar. You might get some emotional reliefs but you don't get true freedom from fear until you receive the love of God in perfection.

Practicality: Whichever area you are fearful of, you receive the love of God in that area. It was the love of God ---- my Father loves me and thus, will provide for me --- that broke through my fear of financial lack when I left a salaried job. I spent 3 months soaking in His love daily to break that fear.

There is no shortcut to fear. You need to receive His love.