Back Down Devil, and Get Off My Back!

The Devil is on my back! I have had a hard time with a fear of failure almost my entire life. Recently, while on a missions trip in Haiti God revealed to me that it was time to let that fear of failure go! I have always been worried of what others would think, and if I would be accepted. God reminded me recently as I shared with some of the women at church of Jeremiah 1:5-10. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew and approved of you, and before you were born I seperated and set you apart, consecrating you; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (verse 5, Amplified version) In these verses Jeremiah is realizing the call that God has placed on his life as a prophet and he is telling the Lord he can't do what He is asking of him. Wow! How these verses speak to me...how often have I been there having a similar converstion with God. I have realized that God created me and that He knows what I am capable of; if He asks me to do something He will equip me with the instruments I need to succeed! I have been fooled for so long by the devil, into believing that I could not do, was not worthy to do, or was capable of doing. Thank the Lord that He has shown me that with Him I can do all things. "I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me." (Phillipians 4:13, Amplified version) I like how the Amplified version puts it, that Christ empowers me. He makes me able to do, ALL that I do!