Fear Not Luke 12:22-34 9-23-01

Sermon 9-23-01 Fear Not Luke 12:22-34

Poignant times of fear in my life
1. At 17, fear of losing girlfriend
2. At 30, fear of losing a child
3. At 37, fear of new appointment
They all seem small now…..fear has crept into our world
Fear of safety, financial loss, job loss
Uncertainty has overtaken our sense of security

Maybe our security was in the wrong things
Scripture…..don’t worry about these things
It’s the father’s pleasure to give you the kingdom
The act of terrorism destroyed the prosperity gospel
Sure God cares about your food and clothes
Not his primary concern
Primary concern = your soul bonded to him
Until you understand this, you are going to struggle
Band of brothers, until you understand that your life on this earth is
irrelevant, you wont be able to function as a soldier
Seek first the k of God, then all this will be added to you

Nervous about tasks I used to face as a teenager
What if I don’t do it right?
Sent a boy to do a mans job
When we relied on stuff for security it didn’t work
It failed us
We sent a human to do Gods job
There is only one who can deliver us from fear…Jesus Christ
We don’t have to fear future if we know the one who holds the future
Security lies not in the absence of danger,
But is found in the presence of god

This scripture always seemed irrelevant to us
They were worried about all that stuff
Now we are worried about all that stuff
I remember my Dad talking about the depression
What if bread gets to be 10cent a loaf? Buy bread
What if gas goes to $5 a gallon, buy gas
What if church burns down, no insurance,
We will have church in the parking lot

Why can we have this attitude?
We know the God who loves
1 jn 4:18 Perfect love casts out fear

I ask you today to seek the Lord
Fear is sneaky it sneaks up on you
Remember: God is there. Run to him, trust him
You can’t focus on him and be filled with fear at the same time
His love will drive out the fear

People at front will pray with you

Close w Jesus centered prayer