In QUINN, I talked about not liking how my life and future is in my hands. I didn’t think I was “misyarning” until I got praying this morning and the Holy Spirit started to teach me. He reminded me that I do not have the Spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

He also reminded me that resting in the love of God means no space for fear in my life because perfect love casts out fear and if God’s love isn’t perfect then perfect love is an illusion. You don’t get? God is perfect and God is love. He doesn’t have love. He is the embodiment of love. He doesn’t represent love. He is the manifestation of love. He is the expression of love in its truest and purest form. He is Love. So if this God that is love is my God, what business do I have with fear? (Tbh, no business at all. Na see finish dey worry me.)

He reminded me that as a believer, I’m not living my life from a place of uncertainty. While unbelievers live from a place of hope. Hoping that the future is better and life is fair to them. I live from a place of faith in the good future God has promised me. I have assurance. My faith is not abstract. It is substantial. It is tangible and based on solid proof a.k.a the word of God. I live from a place of rest and certainty because I’m assured of God’s faithfulness. I have no fear of tomorrow because the plans he has for me are plans of good and not of evil. I have no fear of tomorrow because he is faithful and he will do it.

You see, that’s the beautiful thing about the Holy Spirit. Jesus said he; the Holy Spirit will bring all things to our remembrance and yesss, he does. We humans actually overrate our ability to remember. The most unreliable thing in this life directly after humans is the human memory. Of course I know these things the Holy Spirit reminded me of but do I still worry like I don’t know them? Yes. I do. I worry like God is a comedian and all his words and promises are jokes. This is why the place of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer can not be undermined or negotiated yet people still push him aside.

“O what peace we often forfeit

O what needless pain we bear

All because we do not carry

The Holy Spirit along”

(Yes. I did a quick remix. I’m glad you like it. I like it too.)

I’m intentional about the Holy Spirit because fear is one thing I seriously have to combat with and I understand that I can’t win the fight by myself. It manifests as anxiety and paranoia and is it ugly? (Yes. Very fugly.) However, the Spirit of my father that dwells in me is teaching me how to banish it and I’m proud of my growth.

Maybe I’d forget these things the Holy Spirit reminded me of and start to worry again but guess what? He’d remind me again. He’d keep reminding me until it becomes deeply entrenched in my hyperactive mind. Until it becomes life and light to me. Until it becomes my reality. Until I walk and bask in the trueness of it. Until I shine it like a light unto others. Until it becomes more than a part of me. Until it becomes me. He’s never going to get tired because he’s my peace and he’s mine for keeps. (Peep the rhyme yooooo. I’m toooo goooooood.)

Yesterday, I almost worried myself into an anxiety attack. Today, I’m shaking my head to a sweet melody playing in my soul because Romans 8 vs 38 – 39. I’m just going to put Thrive by Casting Crowns on repeat and have a wonderful day. Make sure you have yourself a lovely day too.

“Shine like the sun, make darkness run and hide

We know we were made for so much more than ordinary life.

It’s time for us to more than just survive

We were made to thrive” Thrive by Casting Crowns. Cheersssssss.