…in fear. I am praying in faith.

When I spoke to a family member who wanted to call a family meeting about her health, fear and dread immediately tried to grip me. I began to pray as I have done so many times before concerning their health struggles. Then I heard these words in the Spirit: “Don’t pray in fear; pray in faith.”

Those powerful words shocked me back into faith. They made my heart glad and took away my fears. A resolve came over me as I came into agreement with the word I heard in the Spirit, and my fears left. “I sought the Lord, and He delivered me from all my fears” (Psalm 34:4). In response, a violent spirit rose up in me—“the kingdom of God suffers violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12).

All of what I heard was a confirmation of what the Holy Spirit had spoken to me earlier that week: “Put feet to your faith. Walk it out.” God is speaking, giving instructions, leading and guiding, and going before you, because He knows what you will encounter as well as where He is taking you.

Andrew Murray once wrote on the scripture “Have faith in God,” and then said, “Faith is simply surrender.” I yielded myself to the suggestion I heard. By faith I yielded myself to the living God. His glory and love filled my heart and began mastering my life. So many times we begin praying out of desperation and fear—even while taking flight—but have faith in God!

Surely, as the Word says, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” I will no longer pray from a place of fear. I come into full agreement with the Word of God. I fix my eyes on the Promise Keeper. I walk in fellowship with Him. Fear has lost its voice, and faith has taken its place. The enemy is defeated, the promise stands, and I will walk it out—until the victory is fully seen.