Fear is Faith in the Wrong “What If”

Whew, life has been crazy but good. So sorry that I’ve been MIA for a bit!! We’ve been packing our house and preparing to move the past month.

Thanks to our family and close friends, we got moved into our new home this past Saturday. We couldn’t have moved without their help and we appreciate them more than they will ever know. ❤

The verse of the day on our first day in our home was so perfect. “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15

I’m 32 weeks pregnant now and we are getting more and more excited to meet our little girl! I’m glad I can FINALLY start nesting! Below is a 30 week picture of me and precious baby girl.

Just this morning at 4am, I had a mini meltdown that I’d like to blame on pregnancy hormones 😉. It’s not that I’m ungrateful, it’s that I’m stressed about unpacking and having braxton hicks contractions.

I feel like we don’t have enough time in the day to get done with everything before baby gets here. I’m a planner plus I hear nesting is a thing with pregnant women so my burst of tears with feeling angry and helpless that I can’t do much when there’s so much to do was warranted, right?

I should know better especially after I heard a fantastic sermon by Steven Furtick about “Water Walking 101”. He asked this: “Is it harder for us to give faith to the what if than it is to give fear to what if”? He went on to say that “fear is just faith in the wrong what if”.

This pregnancy hasn’t been easy with feeling sick, losing my Grandad a few weeks ago, and COVID-19 going on. I feel like a lot has been thrown at me that I can’t control just like it has for all of us.

We can’t let fear rule our hearts and minds. If we do it’ll lead us towards panic. But faith in the midst of “what if” and high emotions will give us peace that transcends our current situations. It’ll also give us a clear mind in the midst of setbacks and uncertainty.

We’re all human and it’s okay to feel emotion and have moments from time to time. But we can’t let our emotions and fear rule us. We have to take the reins of our thought life and redirect our focus. Aka take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5).

In the midst of tumultuous times, my prayer for you and myself is that we would let faith rise above the fear. That we would take every thought captive that doesn’t line up with what we know to be true.

God doesn’t want us to live our lives in fear. He wants us to enjoy the short time we have and to make a difference for His kingdom. We can worry all day long but it won’t ever do any good.

I’ll leave you with this verse…

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Matthew 6:34

 

Stay hopeful!