Fear vs. Faith (3 of 3)
Series: Fear No Evil
Jeff Schreve
Isaiah 43:1-5
When I was in my early 30's, I was working at a job that paid really well. I was doing really well in it, selling specialty chemicals. I had a beautiful wife, three kids. I had a really good church in Houston, and I taught a Bible study class. And we had a really good class and it was growing. And from the outside looking in, everything was going great for me, but I was restless inside. And I kept thinking of my life and looking at my life and, especially where I was going in my career, and thought, I don't want to do this for the rest of my life. I don't want to be 70 years old and say, ''Well, you know, I just stayed at this chemical company because it paid well, and it was comfortable, and it had good benefits, and it was good for my family.'' And God just began to create, as Henry Blackaby says, ''A holy restlessness inside of me.'' And I started to think about what I would really like to do with my life.
And what I really wanted to do was preach. I wanted to go in the ministry, but I didn't think the Lord had called me in the ministry. And so, I was praying and praying and praying about that decision. And in July of 1995, God called me very clearly, and it was powerful in my life. But I was struggling with one major thing - fear, fear! How was I going to do this? A little bit of fear when I got off my knees to tell Debbie, ''Hey, got some news for you,'' because she wasn't going for that at all. She didn't want to go in the ministry.
Her dad was a pastor and she didn't want that for herself. She didn't want that for the girls. But that was very minor. The big fear was how am I going to leave my job and go into the ministry? How am I going to leave my job and go to seminary? How am I going to pay for everything? I have people depending upon me. And I was really dealing with fear. And the Lord had to really impress upon my heart, ''Jeff, you can trust Me. You can get out of t ...
Series: Fear No Evil
Jeff Schreve
Isaiah 43:1-5
When I was in my early 30's, I was working at a job that paid really well. I was doing really well in it, selling specialty chemicals. I had a beautiful wife, three kids. I had a really good church in Houston, and I taught a Bible study class. And we had a really good class and it was growing. And from the outside looking in, everything was going great for me, but I was restless inside. And I kept thinking of my life and looking at my life and, especially where I was going in my career, and thought, I don't want to do this for the rest of my life. I don't want to be 70 years old and say, ''Well, you know, I just stayed at this chemical company because it paid well, and it was comfortable, and it had good benefits, and it was good for my family.'' And God just began to create, as Henry Blackaby says, ''A holy restlessness inside of me.'' And I started to think about what I would really like to do with my life.
And what I really wanted to do was preach. I wanted to go in the ministry, but I didn't think the Lord had called me in the ministry. And so, I was praying and praying and praying about that decision. And in July of 1995, God called me very clearly, and it was powerful in my life. But I was struggling with one major thing - fear, fear! How was I going to do this? A little bit of fear when I got off my knees to tell Debbie, ''Hey, got some news for you,'' because she wasn't going for that at all. She didn't want to go in the ministry.
Her dad was a pastor and she didn't want that for herself. She didn't want that for the girls. But that was very minor. The big fear was how am I going to leave my job and go into the ministry? How am I going to leave my job and go to seminary? How am I going to pay for everything? I have people depending upon me. And I was really dealing with fear. And the Lord had to really impress upon my heart, ''Jeff, you can trust Me. You can get out of t ...
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