Today is the first day I will give my testimony having made a covenant with God that I will give it only in trust and confidence that …”He who has begun a good work in me will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”  Philippians 1:6.  I no longer will let fear/anxiety dominate my mind causing me to only do a partial job of what God wants done freely and fully for Him.  I actually look forward to experiencing this first time of freedom.

In our class last night for 7-Pillars one of the men was talking about our brain’s makeup.  The limbic portion of the brain is our response portion–fight or flight.  It is the most primitive part.  Our frontal lobe where creative thinking and work comes from is overruled by the limbic when fear and anxiety enter our personal picture.  He was saying all of this because his fears lead him into his acting out–his flight mechanism.  He wants to address this and change this pattern of behavior.

Last fall when I was doing the Conquer class I heard the speaker tell that The Holy Spirit resides in our limbic portion of our brain.  It is the throne of Grace where He resides within us.  This sounded so “stupid” when I first heard it.  However, when I began to pray about it and listen to God’s wisdom I began to understand why this is so important and true.  The Holy Spirit, when I finally awoke to Him, wants to be our response to any feeling we have.  Fear and anxiety have dominated me all my life and I know the flight syndrome well.  However, now the Holy Spirit is replacing the anxiety with purpose and desire to serve God, not running or hiding from it.  It has taken me my whole life to learn this about God, Jesus and their Gift–The Holy Spirit.  It makes being a good and faithful servant, far more meaningful and doable when The Holy Spirit is fully in charge of our daily living and responses.  I’m grateful to be at this new point in my journey with God my Father.  Praise the Lord.