Here Is How To Be Overtaken By Fear

1 Sam. 17:4-11 - Then…came …Goliath, from Gath,…. He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. "If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us." Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together." When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.  NASU
 

• Doubt Your God 

Why is King David still remembered today? He lived over 3,000 years ago. There were other kings in the world and they are not remembered.
 
He is remembered because he had hope, faith, and trust in the Lord God Almighty. He never doubted God could use him to defeat Goliath. He was not afraid of Goliath, like his brothers, King Saul and the rest of the Israelite Army.
 
He was a boy guided by faith, not fear.
 
Here is what he says in Psalm 25:1-2 -
To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust,…
 
David's faith, hope, and trust were in the Lord, but this was not the case for King Saul and the rest of the Israelite Army. They trusted in themselves and when you make that mistake you will be dismayed and greatly afraid anytime an enemy appears. 

• Trust Your God 

David may have been young, but his faith was mature and as it had been tested. He trusted his God because he was victorious when he had fought a lion and a bear. God had given him victories before and this fight was not going to be any different.
 
Look what David says about God in I Sam. 17:34-37 - But David said to Saul, "Your servant was tending his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him.
 
"Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God." And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."
 
David trusted his God and was victorious. There are plenty of enemies in this world trying to get us to take our eyes off God and be filled with fear.
 
If you want to overcome fear, there is a very simple way and that is to put your trust in God exactly like David did.
 
Think About This:
 
Feed your faith the Word of God and fear will starve to death.

Stay Pumped,
 
Gary A. Serago

Minister of God's Word
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