It may be the first time you've been without employment. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah? " • The word COMPEL means to HOLD, to KEEP TOGETHER, or to ENCIRCLE, or to HEM IN. Now the significance of that is that when the Ark of God was at rest in the camp of Israel, it was always in the midst of the camp, it was right in the middle - and you've seen those pictures of the Tabernacle, of course the Ark of the Covenant was in the Tabernacle, and all the tribes of Israel camped around the Tabernacle, around the Ark theoretically, in the wilderness. And ignore your whispers which I wish would go away, You're not a voice, you're just a ringing in my ear. When I see Jesus near: I know that His power. But each step, you not only have God's blessing, but you're growing. The fear of the unknown may always attack with every new situation but when we are grounded in the truth and apply it, we can learn how to deal with it every time. Try and pinpoint specific reasons. All he had to say was, "Forty days more and Nineveh will be destroyed. " The Bible records one of the most vivid pictures about the power of fear in the book of Kings! Now the LORD said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. Fear of the unknown in the bible. If you're waiting for all the details, you're going to be waiting your whole life. Spiritual Depression.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! And God, on purpose, puts us in situations where we can't do it on our own. Just when she was about to talk herself out of it, her uncle said, "Esther, if you remain silent, deliverance for the Jews will come from someone else, but you and your family will perish. Now why did he rise early in the morning? What does it mean to be scared of the unknown. He doesn't know the word 'yesterday', He doesn't know the word 'tomorrow', He only knows the word 'today'. Back before the pandemic kept us all at home and away from large gatherings, Annaleigh had decided that she wanted to see the Frozen sequel on the big screen for her birthday. These things in us or people outside of us, we think, are beyond saving. What does the distance mean? There's the first piece of advice from the word of God, this verse 11 says He is the Lord of all the earth; and therefore if He is guiding us through His word we ought to have nothing to fear.
God had given him a mission of mercy, acceptance, forgiveness, and redemption. If I had known how long it was going to take, how much it was going to cost, I'd have said, "No thanks, God. Joel Osteen - Step Into the Unknown ». You're not going to know all the details, how it's going to work out. Yet, we gave him a choice. As you can imagine, this decision is not one we came to flippantly. 16 From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective.
And instead, Jonah, went the other way. Most of us with kids, at some point or another, have played the soundtrack to Frozen over and over again as our children screamed "LET IT GO" at the tops of their lungs. Jonah's name in Hebrew literally means "dove. " It is the voluntary abstinence from food or drink, for a spiritual purpose. When I look unto Jesus. I never heard God say, "Don't worry, Joel. 10 He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. Can I just say, the same God who was in control when your pick was in power, is the same God who will be in control when they leave! God had commanded him in the mornings to be around the book of God, devoting time in prayer to God, meditating upon the word of God. Overcoming the Fear of the Unknown. God will be with us into the unknown. Jonah ran away from the unknown, afraid to prophecy to an unknown people, to prophecy using unknown words about a God unknown to the Ninevites, proclaiming repentance to a city with an unknown future.
', they say 'We didn't come here, we followed this fiery cloudy pillar, and we watched by day and night and followed it wherever it went, and Jehovah brought us here! In the unknown is where you discover ability that you didn't know you had. They were able to walk across on dry ground. What if you get out there and you can't come back? " • A spider hole is a tactical tool, a strategically placed hole in the ground used to hide as a means of escaping in warlike situations. But the point of the message remains: if God really intends salvation for all the people, then in all seriousness, we must at least talk to our enemies. This not only lead to massive public repentance in Israel, but Elijah also proceeded to kill every false prophet in Israel. In this series, we are examining the effects that fear can have on Christians as well as the church. We needed 10 votes from city council members. God accompanies His call with His provision. It was a now or never moment. Fear of the unknown meaning. Because I believe that the ordained, sovereign time that God has set to meet with Him is the morning - the primary time to meet with God is the morning. 12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. If you'll do this, I believe and declare you're about to step in to a new level of favor, a new level of influence.
Practicing steps of faith. Lord, thrill us as we step into the unknown with Thy word, with Thy Christ, and with Thy providence - and though we step on ground that we have not passed through heretofore, that we will know the Lord God going before us. What if it's a divine connection? Afraid of the Unknown. Then the next step will be a favor step, a promotion step, a healing step, a breakthrough step. The second thing I want you to see is that we need to look to the Ark of God.
Sometimes, it's good to be naive. Well, Frozen 2 was even better than the first and my girls had already listened to the music on repeat long before we ever saw the movie, trying oh so hard to hit those Idina Menzel, crazy high notes. "What if I get in this new relationship, Joel, and I get hurt again? What Paul was telling Timothy in this passage, was that God didn't breathe fear into his body. When we make God our refuge and acknowledge Him as our safe dwelling place now and forever, we are breaking free from the false security. God knew you would be nervous. Really by inference, it was claiming that God was less than His word in following through and coming through for them. It's in what you don't feel qualified for. Because, for me, and maybe for you, and definitely for Jonah and the Ninevites, heading off into the unknown with God, we can be assured that although we stumble, or fall, or end up in the belly of the big fish, or have to change as a nation, God is with us. In Hebrew, the word hapak can definitely mean to 'destroy, ' which feels like it was Jonah's true desire.
God will provide and protect! All he knew was the first step. Two days later, we had an agreement. He thought he was walking away from medicine. It may be simplistic to you, but I believe the man that says: 'When you see a Bible that's falling apart, it belongs to a man or a woman whose life is not falling apart'.