a confirmation

Tonight, the subject at the Beth Moore Bible study that I have been attending on Wednesdays, was on....fear. It just really confirmed that what I wrote about the other day was what God was really wanting to put out there to everyone.
If any of you have read the book of Esther you'll know the verse where her uncle Mordechai was sending Esther a message to do something about the death sentence that King Xerxes and his goons put on the jews. He put the question to her, "Who knows, if perhaps you were made queen for such a time as this."
Esther was having problems of her own at the time, because Xerxes had not called for her in 30 days. But Mordechai stressed that she had to do something for her people.
So Esther had a choice to make. She could either hide out in the palace and stay silent that she too was a jew. Or she could take courage and face death by entering into the king's inner court without being summoned, and speak out for her people.
Esther chose to face her fear of death and replied, "If I must die, I must die."
Tonight, Beth Moore really stressed the point of not letting our fears have authority over us. Genesis through revelation, the most used command God tells us is "Take, courage." "Do not be afraid. Fear not" He never promised that we would be immune from death and suffering and struggles--but he offered His courage for us to take and told us, "Fear not, for I AM WITH YOU".
Because of Christ in us, and by proclaiming Jesus's name, we can boldy rebuke those fears that satan tries to lord over us.
So, again, I encourage you to face whatever fear is confronting you and rebuke it! It has no place being in control of you. Death is not the end for those who believe in Jesus. In the words of Beth Moore, "death is merely exchanging our bodies for a better one." Death cannot defeat us, we live on. So why do we fear?
Love in Christ Jesus, Alyssa