BREAK THE FEAR

Psalm 53:5a

5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
where there was nothing to dread.

Did you know that fear is a spirit? David, the eloquent psalmist talked of the spirit that can overwhelm a person. God can allow the spirit to take over one just as it did King Saul. Why did it happen? In Saul's case it was because he was disobedient to what God told him to do. So he then became tormented by a spirit which caused him to believe that David wanted to steal his position from him. He feared losing his reign. Now David was assigned to help Saul and calm that spirit but God had already deemed that David would be the next king. The NIV Study Bible says that fear is the precursor to one's downfall. For King Saul it was. If we are aware of the Lord's ways then we know that we can overcome the spirit of fear but it requires us to reverence God and do the one thing he desires, which is to love him, reverence him, call on him and most importantly, worship him.

BREAK THE FEAR!!