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The Blanks in My Life




I can easily go down the path of fear, worry, anxiety and doubt. What if _________ happens? What if ________ happens again, changing my happy, little world? What if ________ never happens? What if ________ always stays this way? And I go about my day worried and focused on the blanks in my life that cause anxiety and fear; wasting hours that could have been spent on more valuable things. 

I can look back on my life and see the hand of God all throughout. Even before I knew Him, He used circumstances and events to draw me close to Himself.  Some of those that were once fears or caused worry in my heart, I now see that I had nothing to fear because He was there and saw me through. Not only did He see me through, He made me stronger in my faith in the process. 

There are some things in my life that for some reason God has chosen not to change. Things that can still cause anxiety and fear of the unknown. The what if’s? The blanks in my life that I need to continually hand over to God. 

These are the same things that He continues to use to draw me to Him. This keeps me on my knees, seeking Him and His will in my life. I have learned to feed my mind, heart and soul with truth-  God’s Word, the Bible. But also to surround myself with like minded people who will point me to Him. Those who have my best interest at heart and will lovingly speak truth to me. 

Yesterday I just had one of those moments were the lies crept in. Fear is a lie from the enemy, the Bible calls him the father of lies and he will do whatever he can to cause me to focus on the blanks in my life. The what if’s that will keep me paralyzed from living the life God has called me to live. I have the Holy Spirit in me which is not a spirit of fear but of His power and love, but I have to continue to pursue that truth. I reached out to a dear friend because I needed a swift kick in the rear. I needed to hear some truth and I knew I could count on her to give it to me. Thankfully she reminded me of this, that I do not have a spirit of fear but of power and love! If you are a Christ follower, you have that same Spirit in you too. So, do not fear! Greater is He that is in you than he who lives in the world, regardless of the blanks in your lives that may or may not happen.

Clinging to Him and His truth is the only way to transform fear to courage, worry to contentment and anxiety to peace. 


~Pressing On 





“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
Psalm 56:3-4 NIV


“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
John 8:44 NIV



“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
2Timothy 1:7 NKJV

 "But you belong to God, my dear children. you have already won victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world." 1John 4:4

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