Unbelief

"And Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid.." Matthew 14:29-30

"The wind was actually boisterous, the waves were actually high, but Peter did not see them at first. He did not reckon wit them, he simply recognized his Lord and stepped out in recognition of Him, and walked on the water. Then he began to reckon with the actual things, and down he went instantly." - UMTH devotional

"Fear attacks the foundation of our relationship with God - our faith. Fear is faith in the devil, it is also called unbelief. Fear and faith cannot coexist - they work against each other." - Bill Johnson, Heaven invades earth

When we are not consumed with the fullness of His glory, our immediate reality takes priority over the spiritual, invisible reality. Naturally, we become more aware of the devil's dominion over earth: we become fearful (worrisome), filled with anxiety, and without even realizing, we enter into a state of unbelief. We no longer act as ambassadors of His Kingdom and release His presence into the environment, but turn faithless and allow the environment to dictate our decisions. We begin to react to the system instead of allowing His reality to dominate the system.

As we can see from the above scripture, our weak, rationale minds often overpower our faith and lead us in to darkness. We acknowledge darkness over His Kingdom power, and instantly become overwhelmed by our circumstances. We forget the Lord and we begin to doubt. And at this point, when our faith is tested, there is a mental process that happens extremely quickly in our minds. We give permission for our immediate reality to take over. Similar to how Adam and Eve gave up their authority to have dominion over earth to Satan, our immediate reality cannot have dominion over God's true reality (in our minds) unless we give it permission. Our faith fights against unbelief, and in an instant, we determine the winner. It may seem as if "nothing much" happened, but in the spiritual world, a violent war is waged. Two realities fight and only one has dominion over our minds.

We truly need to perform reckless abandonment for God to realize His reality, and to pull it down in to our reality. We need to have our faith anchored in the unseen realm so that our God may win all the wars fought in our minds/hearts - no matter the circumstance.