The fear of man is a snare (Proverbs 29:25).
In Christ we have all been positioned to live from a place of blessing. The Bible is very clear that, in Christ, we have been redeemed from a place of curse to inherit a blessing: “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us…so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles” (Galatians 3:13,14). Abraham lived a life that was richly blessed by God in every way: “Abraham was now very old, and the LORD had blessed him in every way” (Genesis 24:1).
Even though, in Christ, we are all called to live from a place of blessing, there is one thing that can rob us of this rich life: the fear of man. If there was one person perfectly positioned to inherit the blessing of Abraham, it was none other than Abraham’s promised son Issac; but there was a season in Issac’s life that was void of the promised blessing. In Genesis 26:2 we see the Lord himself pronouncing a blessing on Issac: “Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you…” Even though Issac obeyed the Lord and lived in the land, he lived from a place of fear: “…He was afraid that, if he called her his wife, the men of the place would kill him on account of Rebekah, since she was beautiful” (Genesis 26:7). It was only after Abimelech secured Issac’s protection that Issac was set free from living in fear. As soon as Issac was set free from this fear, in the very next verse the Bible says, “Then Issac sowed in the land and reaped in he same year a hundredfold” (Genesis 26:12). As long as Issac was living from a place of fear, he seemed to have lost the ability to operate in the blessing of God. This week let us ask the Lord to break the stronghold of the fear of man over our lives, and even as we operate from a place of freedom we will operate in the blessing of Abraham.
Declaration: This week I will not be bound by the fear of man, and even as I live free from fear I will live and operate in the blessing of Abraham.
Scripture: 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).