WORDS OF LIVING WATER DAILY INSPIRATION
Monday, 3rd August, 2026.
*Theme: Don’t be Afraid
(Jere 28:1-17,Ps 119, Matt 14:22-36)
The disciples of Jesus were entertaining fear because of the storms on the sea and the fact of thinking they have seen a ghost. Meanwhile, this was the very person they wanted to be with in the boat. Because they were in the boat without Jesus, hence the cause of their fear.
We have allowed fear to rule our lives. Fear is a powerful force the devil is using to intimidate believers. As a result, we are not able to stand up in faith and fight the devil through prayer. We tend to think that the forces of the world are more powerful than God.
Don’t allow situations of this world to frighten you to the point of becoming very fearful in life. Sometimes we begin to think that Jesus is not in the difficulties we find ourselves, therefore we allow fear to take charge. Jesus is with us in all the human situations that we find ourselves. In our moments of difficulties, he is so close to us than before. Jesus never abandons his people to perish in the moments of challenges in life. Stand up to the situation and with the grace of God, you shall overcome it. No situation is bigger than Jesus.
As I have always been saying, what God can’t do doesn’t exist. He is capable of anything. We have allowed situations to bully us too much. As if to say, this situation is impossible to overcome. Some of us have allowed human beings to bully us in life. We have come to fear certain people as if they are powerful than God. Please don’t let anybody to frighten you in life. Those people are not God and they can never be. The power and the authority given to us is far far greater than whatever powers they have. Don’t give any chance to the power of fear in you. You are bigger than fear.
We only need to grow in our faith in Jesus. It takes a strong faith to overcome difficult moments in life. We have to also persist in prayer in order to overcome these mountains in life. Never give up in situations. Jesus is about to step in your situation. Things seem so difficult to bear, but with Jesus in your boat of life, there is hope. He brings hope to hopeless situations. When everybody has given up on you, there Jesus the mighty one comes in to change your story.
May God increase our faith not to allow fear to rule our lives. Amen.
Have a Blessed Week.
Shalom.🙏🏼🙏🏼
Rev. Fr. Akakpo Matthew.
