Flashlight in the Dark

I had my first nightmare in a long time a few nights ago.  This time the dream wasn't about a wolf or giant spider, but a true and deep fear of mine--so much so that I truly believe it was Satan tugging on the fear.

Basically my dream was that the guy I like had to choose between me and another girl.  My friends, the other girl, he and I were sitting around in the circle and all my friends were saying who he should pick--all of them agreeing on her over me.  He sat there saying nothing, she sat across the circle from us with a smug smile on her face.  I finally told him just to pick her and I got up to leave with tears streaming down my face.  He sat there and yelled, "NO!" over and over again.

He never came after me, he never even got up from his chair.  He never said to me, "I pick you, I want you--not her!"  He didn't pick me; he didn't pick at all.  This scared me so much I woke up shaking.  Suddenly, I remembered Jesus' promise to me from John 15:16a-- "You didn't choose me. I chose you."

Even if this guy I like never choses me, even if a man never picks me, I will be a bride.  I am a bride--the Bride of Christ!  He didn't sit by speechless, He sent His son to come get me.  And He has done the same for you.  This truth helped to subside my hear and help me fall asleep again.  I'm reminded of Natalie Grant's song Your Great Name (go ahead, listen to it).  One of the lines of the song says, "Every fear has no place at the sound of Your Great Name."  His name is truth and truth banishes all fear.  While I continue to struggle with being afraid I won't be picked, I am asking the Lord to calm, take over and expel the fear.  Until then, I know the ultimate truth--that I have been chosen and I will be forever loved.

What fear do you struggle with?  What does God have to say about your fear?  What's His truth He has given to help conquer your fear?  Take refuge in His truth and ask Him to take over and hold your fears.  It's so much easier to sleep with His truth overcomes our fears and when we give Him our fears to hold.