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Posted by Dion Todd April 23rd, 2025 1,082 Views 29 Comments
For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me. Job 3:25 WEB.
As we worked to get the fish hook free of my eyelid, an actual calmness came over me. I grew up on the rivers of South Carolina fishing, and I always got nervous when people began swinging their fishing lines around. I dreaded the thought of them snagging me with their fish hook, especially in the eye.
One day, I took my Dad and a friend of his bass fishing. That would normally be fine, but she must have thought that she was fly fishing. She appeared to be trying to lasso the fish. She was whipping the line around her, oblivious to everyone else cringing in the small boat.
I was sitting behind her, and eventually, as my fear would have it, she snagged my left eyelid with her fish hook and then swung to make a long cast. I swiftly wrapped her line around my hand and stopped her. Then for a brief moment, I considered wrapping her in the anchor rope and sinking her, but I pushed that thought away.
My Dad came to help remove the fish hook from my eyelid, and it turned out that my greatest fear wasn't actually as bad as I thought it would be. From as far back as I could remember, I had dreaded the thought of having a fish hook snag my eye. Now it had happened and was over. I'd been there and done that.
Fear is faith in reverse. It draws, even causes, your greatest fears to actually come to pass like a magnet. Job had a fear that something would happen to his children, and he constantly sacrificed for them. Then it happened. I always had a fear that a fishhook would catch me in the eyelid, and it did.
Your greatest fear isn't as bad as you think, and your heavenly Father will be there to help you through it. Look to God, pray, and don't become immobilized by fear. The more you focus on fear, the more power you give it. For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7). Also, be careful who you let in your boat.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, please take away the panic, and the anxiety, and deliver me from the fears within. Replace it with Your Holy Spirit and peace. Help me see You clearly, and understand that You are truly mightier than all. When You are for me, who can stand against me? In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
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Amen 🙏
Pastor Dion you have a great sense of humor. This devotional made me laugh 😃 Thank you!
Post from Mari Kaufmann
10 hours ago
Amen
Post from Wesley Paulus
12 hours ago
Amen!
Post from Deng Tembreza
14 hours ago
WE PRAISE YOU LORD. Thank you JESUS for thy peace. Not as the world gives but your peace that surpasses beyond all understanding that guards our hearts and our mind.
Post from Madalyn Myers
14 hours ago
Amen.
Post from Bella Colliander
22 hours ago
Heavenly Father, please deliver me from the fears within. Cover me with Your Holy Spirit and peace. Help me understand that You are truly mightier than all. Thank you for being with me each and every step I take. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen!🙏🕊️
Amen! How appropriate for me today!! Unspoken prayers please!! In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen! 🙏🙌💪🙏
Post from Liesel aka lisa Wardle
15 hours ago
Amen and Amen and Amen!!! What a good day "This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it"!!! I can't really describe it, but I'm so much at peace now, more than ever before, it seems that all of my many fears are gone and I rest in the comfort of knowing that I'm in my Father's hands and that He is with me as well as my family, despite of all the things going on and surrounding us!!! I just feel like singing today, thinking of another song called "There will be peace in the valley" knowing that there is only one true peace that comes from God alone!! Thank You Lord for today's message and thank You Lord for our prayerful gathering today, praise Your holy name!!!🙏
Post from Sherry Mccosh
16 hours ago
Heavenly Father, please take away the panic, and the anxiety, and deliver me from the fears within. Replace it with Your Holy Spirit and peace. Help me see You clearly, and understand that You are truly mightier than all. When You are for me, who can stand against me? In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
Post from Elena Vasquez
17 hours ago
Amen
Heavenly Father, please take away the panic, and the anxiety, and deliver me from the fears within. Replace it with Your Holy Spirit and peace. Help me see You clearly, and understand that You are truly mightier than all. When You are for me, who can stand against me? In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen! Thank you Pastor Dion for this message!
Comment from Liesel aka lisa Wardle
17 hours ago
Amen and Amen, sister🙏
Post from Kevin J. Eck
22 hours ago
Heavenly Father, Fill my Heart with your Love, that it crowds all fear and anxiety out of the way! In your precious name Jesus, Amen!
Post from Marisa Jackson
20 hours ago
Amen 🙏🙏❤️❤️🙏🙏❤️❤️🙏🙏!!
Post from Theresa Bright
19 hours ago
Amen. I thank you for your blessings Lord, please take away my fear and, I give them to you. I pray in Jesus name amen 🙏🏻
Heavenly Father Please Take Away All Of My Fears Anxiety That I Carry With Me Everyday Deliver Me From The Fears Within Amen Good Morning Everyone 😀
Comment from Debi Burton
18 hours ago
Amen, Good Morning Everyone!
Have a wonderful blessed Wednesday!!
❤️🤟🏻
Heavenly Father, please take away the panic, and the anxiety, and deliver me from the fears within. Replace it with Your Holy Spirit and peace. Help me see You clearly, and understand that You are truly mightier than all. When You are for me, who can stand against me? In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen! ❤️🤟🏻
Good morning, fam 😀! We love y'all and pray that you have a wonderfully blessed Wednesday! 😀🙏🌞
Post from Candy Laventure
20 hours ago
Amen!
Post from Tracy Carroll
20 hours ago
LOVE it and needed it this morning!!
Post from Mark Williams
21 hours ago
Amen.
Post from Jackie Tipton
21 hours ago
Amen ❤️ 🙏
Post from Harold Edwards
21 hours ago
Good morning, Church Family. Pastor, this was a powerful reminder and a much-needed one. Thank you, Lord, for calming all of my fears and allowing me to trust you in the midst of it all.
Post from Valeri Frank
21 hours ago
Amen! 🙏🏼
Amen!
Post from Celeste Strenn
22 hours ago
Amen🌟🤗
Amen
Post from Kay Collinsworth
23 hours ago
Amen
Post from Schalk de Beer
23 hours ago
Yes Lord, in Jesus's name I pray, amen.