NO SPIRIT OF FEAR!

NO SPIRIT OF FEAR!

2 Tim 1:6-7

6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

          There is no need to be timid when openly sharing our faith. The chapter explains that Timothy had a strong foundation of faith in his grandmother and his mother. He knew the Scriptures because he had been taught them as a lad. He was personally trained and mentored by the Apostle Paul who was ready to give him his very own realm of ministry.

          Some think that Timothy was a timid soul but there is no particular reason to think so. Paul is simply driving home the fact that we have power with God through the Holy Spirit. In fact the word “power” is the same word used in Acts 1:8 and that word is dunamis which forms the basis of our word “dynamite.” Verse 7 in The Amplified New Testament reads this way: "calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control."

          There is no need to fear failure if we rely upon God’s dynamite power instead of our own. There is no need to fear challenge because the opposition tends to melt away at the presence of enthusiastic faith.

Lord, thanks for the reminder that there is a power within me that is not my own. Fill me today with a calm and well-balanced mind. AMEN