Do you ever get nervous?

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

I first came in contact with 2nd Timothy 1:7 back in 2006 as a rookie in Wendsday bible study with the Philadelphia Eagles. I was fascinated by Brian Dawkins, our all-pro veteran strong saftey, and leader of our team if you don't know who he is.....duh. The thing that drew me to B-Dawk as a fan from afar first then later as a fan and a teammate was his tenacity for defense and the game of football. He was/is a warrior on the field. His unyielding pursuit of the ball carrier, and what seem to be a fearless and reckless abandonment for his body and the poor guy he was trying to desrtoy. After Dawkins closed another great bible study in prayer I pulled him to the side to ask how can someone that is so humble, reserved during the week, be so fearless on Sundays? He told me in that low but business like voice that only he and Ray Lewis seem to have, that he reads 2 Timothy 1:7 before every game. The words in that verse are strong and to the point like B-Dawk, but they gave him what he needed to transform from mild mannered Brain Dawkins to one of the most feared safties patrolling the middle of the field; Weapon X! Fear is something the devil uses to control us, attemping to cripple us with fear in order to keep us from reaching our full potentials. We have to understand how much power God has given us. God wants us to hold our heads high and obtain whatever it is we have set our minds to. If we stay in faith, erase the spirit of fear from our lives, we will reap harvest beyond anything we ever could imagine. We are powerful, we are the sons and daughters of the Lord.Let us today put fear behind us and excel to the great heights our Father has for us. Stay thirsty my friends.......