Hook, line and ‘stinker’,
we’ve bought into the devil’s lie:
‘No one
cares, you don’t matter, God’s dead,
in Him there’s no breath!’
T’is the result of turning
our backs on wisdom’s cry:
‘Embrace me
for God’s favor; to reject me is to love death.’ 1
Without Godly wisdom, the
lie goes un-perceived,
Thus for death, in all it’s
various forms, we’ve cast our vote!
Depression’s fruits of the
lie so long we’ve believed,
Oppression’s boots press on
many poor souls, as devils gloat.
‘Fear not! Do
not fear!’,
iteratively says wisdom. 2
But we’ve drawn a thick line
between fear and anxiety.
Thus, we prefer to look at
life through a fool’s prism,
Not knowing it’s fear we
embrace, antithetically. 3
In the midst of anxiety,
tell me what you see.
There’s a hint, a focus on ‘me, myself and I’.
Therein lies the trick and
trap of ole satan’s dark plea,
To let it be you, yourself that you magnify.
But there’s hope, if you
only take time to discover,
Wisdom’s insightful Truth,
and in Light to bask.
Then you will surely become
God’s great ‘lie disrupter’,
And see depression is
merely …fear’s dark mask!
Perceive the Truth that in
depression is couched:
‘Press on!’ Never give up! Never give in!
Resist the pressures that against you are crouched!
As you learn to live by
faith, in Christ, you’ll win!
‘Anxiety in the heart
causes depression,
Ahhh, but a Good word makes the heart glad.’ 4
Ahhh, but a Good word makes the heart glad.’ 4
You will only escape fear’s
very dark dungeon,
When by God’s good Word
your heart stays clad.
Avoid the trick 'n trap!
Avoid the trick 'n trap!
Press on!
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1 Ponder the calls
and cries of wisdom in Proverbs 1:20-33 and 8:1-36.
2 Try using a
Bible app (e.g., BibleGateway.com) to count how often this command appears in
The Bible. Reading them contextually is a GREAT faith-builder and a cure for
depression!
Also see: Fear Is Faith Is Fear Is… (Poem)
3 Rumination—or mulling over worries—is the
biggest predictor of depression and
anxiety, according to a large-scale British study published in 2013. It’sNot All About You!
