Fear is not just an emotion. Fear is a contrary spirit. The Bible is clear that fear does not come from God.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
If fear is a spirit that God has not given, then it must be confronted and expelled by the Spirit that God does give. That Spirit is the Holy Spirit.
Jesus matters because your identity and spiritual position change the moment you come into Christ.
Before Christ, the Bible says we live in the kingdom of darkness. Fear operates freely in that realm because darkness is its territory. Fear belongs there. It has legal ground there.
But the moment you accept the life of Jesus Christ, something radical happens in the spirit.
“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”
— Colossians 1:13 (NKJV)
Your identity changes.
Your position in the spirit changes.
Your location changes.
You are no longer in the realm where fear has authority. You are translated into the Kingdom of light. And in that Kingdom, fear is an illegal occupant.
Fear may still try to knock. Fear may attempt to speak. Fear may attempt to intimidate. But it no longer has a right to stay, because you no longer belong to the realm it governs.
That is the first and most important shift. Identity comes before authority.
Secondly, when you are translated into the Kingdom of God’s dear Son, you receive the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit does not dwell in a person who is outside of Christ. But once your identity changes and you are brought into the Kingdom of light, the Spirit of God comes to live in you as a seal of that new life.
“In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.”
— Ephesians 1:13 (NKJV)
The Holy Spirit now becomes the power by which every contrary spirit is resisted and expelled. He is the One who enforces the reality of your new identity.
So fear is not defeated merely because you try harder. Fear is defeated because it no longer belongs where you now live.
You are in Christ.
You are in the Kingdom of light.
And fear no longer has a legal place in your life.
The Bible makes this very simple:
“That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
— Romans 10:9 (NKJV)
Knowing Jesus is not complicated. It begins with believing in your heart and confessing with your mouth.
If you are ready to accept the life of Jesus and surrender your life to Him in return, pray this prayer sincerely and from your heart:
Pray with me:
Heavenly Father,
I acknowledge that You are God, and that You sent Your Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross of Calvary for me.
I acknowledge that I am a sinner and that I have fallen short of Your glory. I know that forgiveness and righteousness can only be found in You.
Right now, I am living a fearful life, but I want a chance at a life full of faith. I accept all that Jesus died to provide for me. I accept Your forgiveness. I accept His sacrifice. I accept Jesus as my Lord and my personal Savior.
In return, Lord, I surrender my life to You. You said You came that I might have life and have it more abundantly. I yield this death that I have called life to You.
Today, I declare that everything I am and everything I hope to become belongs to You. You are my Lord. You are the One I submit to. You are my Savior, my personal Savior.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
That prayer may sound simple, but if you prayed it with all of your heart and believed what you said, you have accepted the life of Jesus.
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You are not alone.
And fear no longer has the final word.