This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it.
Isaiah 30:15 NLT
Such a simple, yet powerful scripture. Others call it calm in the midst of the storm.
For many years now, the Lord tried to bring my attention to this essential deficiency in my life, but I had a hard time understanding it.
It didn’t matter that I had seen God perform miracles upon miracles, in my life and through the hands of my spiritual Father, a little part of me was always convinced that something could go wrong. Because of that, for many years, I have been operating out of place of fear, agony and great anguish.
I wouldn’t say it, but I would always be afraid that something would go wrong, because not many things went right in my life in the past.
I was so lost in that place of fear and anxiety that I never realized it was another limitation the enemy had put on me.
Fear isn’t something you can hide. Fear will make you irritable and defensive. Fear will paint everyone around you as your enemy or a potential new oppressor. Fear will make you controlling and will annihilate your capacity to trust others. This fear is destructive and before you know it, it will make you miss many blessings the Lord brought your way.
You can never fully enjoy what God has for you by being constantly afraid that it will not last or it will be taken from your hands, because indeed fear has torment.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
I John 4:18 NKJV
For a long time, the Lord tried bringing my attention to this, but I couldn’t understand it. I would pray, I would fast, I would serve and love God with all my heart, but I had not peace. I could not sleep at night, because I was afraid for my future and that of my children, based on past experience. I got so bad that I couldn’t really enjoy any of the good things God was bringing my way, because it wouldn’t be long before another problem, another battle, another fight would pop up.
Lately, I realized I had been fighting alone. I would pray but somehow not trust God to do what He had promised. What people had been admiring as a sign of strength was gradually showing cracks, because the foundation was so wrong.
Finally, the Holy Spirit in all his gentleness answered the cry of my soul and helped me realize why I was never at peace.
See, our only job truly is to believe. Believe he is in charge, believe that if He has spoken through his word or through his prophet, then it is surely coming to pass. It not our might or power that will change anything to the situation. If God says it’s yours, it will be yours. If He says it’s not, it wont be.
In the midst of chaos, God told the Israelites, be still and know that I am God. Once you have handed a situation over to the Lord, sleep because the All mighty God, the El Shaddai, El Olam, El Lyon, our Jehovah Rohe, has taken charge
Take some time today and check your faith. From which place have you been operating all these years?
Dr. Annick Adjei
Victorious by Annick Adjei 