Trust in God, Trust in His Care

A year ago my husband retired, and we were suddenly partially reliant on my home business income. This morning the Spirit taught me that this event triggered a fear response deep inside me, which resulted in a large weight gain. Perhaps this was because of fear of starvation that I don't even remember happening in my life, because I don't remember much of my childhood. But, the most significant understanding, from the Spirit, was that I have forgotten the promises of God, when He said, in Luke 12:27-31:

27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.

30 For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

31 Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

When we lose faith in our Savior, we experience real word consequences, such as Peter sinking beneath the waters, Jonah being swallowed by a whale, or gaining fifty pounds. The one thing Jesus taught is to follow His example. We also know that it is Satan that generates the fear-based paradigm in which we are constantly assaulted by fear messages every day. I want to live my life like Him. I want to shake off the chains of fear and be free in Jesus Christ.

I sat down to write this post, and this music was playing on the music stream. The video "No Longer Slaves," by Jonathan and Melissa Helser, resonates with the truth that we can be free in Jesus, and freed from the slavery which surrounds us.