The root of fear which is so deeply entrenched is producing the fruit of anxiety, depression, anger, loneliness, all the hinderances to living an abundant life. One of the fruits of this root of fear, which hinders us more than any other is control. Control has so many synonyms, self- protection, self- preservation, self-promotion, yes, all of self focus is the fruit of control and is rooted in fear. This taproot called fear must be cast out with perfect love. This means, only the love of God can uproot this out of your life. The body of Christ needs to be delivered from the taproot of fear, and planted in perfect love if we are going to accomplish all God has planned for our generation. No wonder Jesus said, “My Father is the vinedresser” in John 15, the Father is a Master gardener. I mean it all started in a garden, so He knows what He is doing.

I bring this up, because I was praying Psalm 115 this morning and it says, “Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth. Why should the nations say, Where, now, is their God? But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.” As I prayed these first 3 verses of this Psalm, it was obvious to me, that the words, “Our God is in the heavens, He does whatever He pleases” is a hard statement to swallow for fearful, controlling people. Actually all three verses are hard for us, because the words “Not to us, not to us” is about not being selfish or self-centered, or self-focused. Wow, what a Psalm. It really gives you a good morning chiropractic adjustment immediately.

What i realized is, we cannot be controlling and walk with God. He alone is in charge and our response to His leadership is to either trust Him or to resist Him. No matter which option we choose it does not change His position of being in charge and doing whatever He pleases. However, our response does affect our peace. As scary as not being in control sounds, it is actually the only place where we find true peace. We can not control and trust at the same time. Trust is the heart posture of being at rest knowing someone else is control, in charge, and I can tell you from experience, there is no one I trust like I trust God. He is trustworthy.