God Gives

II Timothy1:7 (NLT) For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

Philippians 2:13 (NLT) For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

Fear is of this realm and a part of the Adamic nature. It is fed by feeding on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Jesus spoke the Word of God in a covenant relationship with the Father with total response. His will and control were totally given over to the Father. Disobedience is all about control. You lose your trust to the degree you keep your control. God gave us the freedom of choice. If you choose to go your way and make your decisions based on your own knowledge or source thereof, you move yourself out of the blessing of covenant because you are no longer giving to God the response He desires.

Jesus prayed for us in John 17:14-19 (KJV) 14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Notice the strong connection with the words, WORD, WORLD, TRUTH, and SANCTIFY. How did Jesus sanctify Himself? By total obedience and submission to the Father. Because He did this, He enables us to be sanctified through Him, the Truth. The Word separates, as a sword, between the soul and spirit. It is the soul that is linked most closely to this realm and the evil schemes of Satan exhibited in this realm. Our turning to the Word to give our control over to God and live in Him is the response that allows Jesus to bring us to the same sanctification. This allows us to receive the discipline over self that Jesus walked out before His disciples. It is part of the "It is finished!" that Jesus declared from the cross. It only needs your response to possess all that God has provided! It is part of the covenant Jesus has cut for us.