When
I woke up and realized that the nightmare was not real, I remembered an acronym
that a friend of mine gave me recently using the word FEAR. It goes like this:
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
And
that acronym exactly described my nightmare.
What I dreamed seemed so real at the time. Before I woke up, I remembered thinking that
I couldn’t live with what had happened, it was that terrible. And I was that terrified.
This
is how our enemy attacks us in life. He
makes things appear real when they aren’t.
The evidence is false. He does
this in so many different ways in our life.
He looks at our circumstances and twists them all around so that the
truth gets lost in the weeds. He makes
what is false, appear real. He is the
master of lies.
But
if we go into our battles with this knowledge, believing what Jesus said in
John 8:31 (“If you hold to my teaching, you are truly my disciples. Then you will know the truth and the truth
will set you free.”) and then fight with the weapons that God has given us
(truth, righteousness, peace, salvation, faith, The Word and prayer…Ephesians
6:10-18), the outcome with be favorable to us.
We won’t believe the false evidence because we will know the truth. And when we know the truth, then we will be
set free from the lies.
And
then, when we are set free from the lies, we will be set free from the fears so
that we can live out Philippians 4:6-7 which says, “Do not be anxious about
anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God. And the
peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and
minds in Christ Jesus.”
Set Free from lies & fears…
Set Free from lies & fears…..
Set Free from lies & fears!
Praise God…..we will be SET FREE!
“For God has not given us a spirit of
ear, but a spirit of love, power
and a sound mind.”
II
Timothy 1:7
And
that is exactly what happened to me after my nightmare. When I came to the conclusion that the
nightmare was not real, my anxiousness left, I was able to focus on God and
pray. As I prayed and gave thanks to God
for setting me free, from the false evidence that appeared real, I was flooded
with a peace that transcended all understanding.
I am Free, I am Free
Praise God!
I am Free indeed!
Do you
need to be set free from False Evidence Appearing Real? If so, I encourage you to memorize and then
meditate on John 8:31, II Timothy 1:7 and Philippians 4:6-7.
Freedom in Christ comes through
reading, believing and meditating
on the Words of God and Christ
found in The Bible.
Encouraging You Today In Christ!
