The night is dark.  The wind is blowing.  The sounds of loneliness surrounds you as your find yourself dwelling on thoughts that you know are not from God.  Fear creeps in bringing with it the sin of unbelief and anger; which brings death. 

My friends today I feel led by the Spirit of God to talk about the difference between living in fear and living in faith.  There are times in our lives where the storms surround us and our thoughts are can become consumed with fear and death. 

I must warn you now that this is a dangerous place to be.  For it is in this place, where we become deceived and we lose ourselves.  

God wants us to live in a place of Faith and not Fear.  For when we are in fear, we lose our trust and hope in Jesus Christ.  However when we choose to RUN to HIM, then we place our lives, our hopes, our dreams, our desperation, and our desires into HIS hands. It is then that we realize that this life is not about us, but rather all about HIM.  It is here where even though it may be small, our faith rises up.  For it is not about the QUANTITY of our faith, but rather about the QUALITY of our FAITH.  

My friends, it is when WE decide that WE will LIVE by FAITH and NOT BY SIGHT, that we place everything in the hands of Christ.  It is here in this place that our actions will reflect our hearts.  Now let me say this now....your actions will not determine your faith, but your faith will determine your actions.  When you live in this place of faith, you will allow God to take you out of your darkness, out of your pain, out of your fear and you will do things because God has told you to do them.  

For me, today I am choosing to live by faith and not fear by cleaning my apartment and doing things that I have been putting off that I need to do.  If I chose to live in fear, then I would find myself laying in my tears on my bed all day.  However, I am letting go of my fears and trusting God today...Will you do the same?

Sincerely Written,

Jeremy D. Crouch