So, I don't know how many of you out there grew up hearing different things like, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" or "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched" or "Watch for the other shoe to drop" but I definitely did. Today I had a divine revelation about what the root of all of those little quips and many more actually is: FEAR. I mean, think about it. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket"-You can't put all your trust in one thing/one person because it won't work out. "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched"-You can't count on things to turn out well/like they're meant to. "Watch for the other shoe to drop"-Even if it looks like something good is happening you better prepare yourself for the worst to happen because it can't stay this way forever.
Because we have basically had these word curses instilled in us either through generational lines or speaking them over ourselves we need to take responsibility and repent for coming into agreement with a spirit of fear. We need to renounce them and then break off their power over our lives in Jesus' name!
See, we CAN put all of our "eggs" in one basket...IF we allow that basket to be held by the ONE who sees all, knows all, and is everywhere at all times. The Word says, "Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In ALL your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths"(emphasis added) (Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV). These scriptures don't say some or just a little bit but ALL. How about counting on our "chickens" to hatch after we've put the eggs in His basket but before they begin to crack and shake? How many times in scripture do we see God fulfill His promises over and over? The Israelites in the wilderness (Exodus 3:8, Joshua 4:1-24), Joseph (Genesis 37:5-9, 42:6-9), David (1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 5:4), and of course Jesus (Isaiah 7:14, Luke 2:6-7) and many, many more. Certainly last but not least we CAN stop fearing what is to come. We don't have to wait for the other proverbial shoe to drop in life because, as Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope" (ESV).
See, we CAN put all of our "eggs" in one basket...IF we allow that basket to be held by the ONE who sees all, knows all, and is everywhere at all times. The Word says, "Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In ALL your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths"(emphasis added) (Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV). These scriptures don't say some or just a little bit but ALL. How about counting on our "chickens" to hatch after we've put the eggs in His basket but before they begin to crack and shake? How many times in scripture do we see God fulfill His promises over and over? The Israelites in the wilderness (Exodus 3:8, Joshua 4:1-24), Joseph (Genesis 37:5-9, 42:6-9), David (1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 5:4), and of course Jesus (Isaiah 7:14, Luke 2:6-7) and many, many more. Certainly last but not least we CAN stop fearing what is to come. We don't have to wait for the other proverbial shoe to drop in life because, as Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope" (ESV).
It's time we stop coming into agreement with things that bring a death into our lives that doesn't come from being laid-down lovers who are living sacrifices! Stop speaking those things that don't bring life to your spirit man! It's time to rise up out of the ashes of being "functional fearers," come out of alignment with anxiety, and walk tall sons and daughters of the Most High King!
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