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facing your fears

You can confront your problem. Or you can choose to run away from Hagar – In Genesis we read how this servant girl got caught up in a
it. But if you run, the Bible is pretty clear as to what happens to people really bad situation with Abraham and his wife, Sarah. When Hagar be-
who run away from what God has called them to do... came pregnant by Abraham, which was Sarah’s idea, this created a big
fight between her and Sarah. So Hagar ended up running away. The
They end up in the wilderness. Bible says she ended up in the wilderness by a spring. Then an angel
of God told her, “Go back to your mistress and [humbly] submit to her
AVOIDERS WHO ENDED UP IN THE WILDERNESS control” (Genesis 16:9 AMPC). Although it was definitely unpleasant
and, I’m sure, extremely hard to do, Hagar did face her difficult situa-
I want to talk about two people in the Bible who ran away when they tion because she knew God wanted her to do it.
were afraid and how God helped them confront their fear.
There are other examples in the Bible of those who failed to confront
Moses – God had a destiny for Moses. But at forty years old, Moses their issues and ended up in the wilderness. What about you? Are you
did something wrong and instead of facing Pharaoh, he fled and in a wilderness today because you are fearfully avoiding confronta-
“dwelt in the land of Midian” (Exodus 2:15 NKJV), which was a desert tion? You don’t have to stay there all your life and keep running away
wilderness area outside of Egypt. He spent the next forty years in a from things. Put your trust in Christ and do what He puts in your heart
holding pattern. God had to work some things out of Moses before he to do –by His grace and strength. You can get out of that wilderness
was ready, at age eighty, to go back and lead the Israelites out of their and live in the promised land God has for you!.
bondage.

For more on this topic, order Joyce’s four-CD series Facing Life Head-on.

Visit www.joycemeyer.org.
Joyce Meyer is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. She has authored 100 books, including Battlefield of the Mind and
Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind and Unleash Yourself from the Pressure of Stress (Hachette). She hosts the Enjoying Everyday Life radio and TV programs, which air
on hundreds of stations worldwide.

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