“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31) Because we can never fully escape fear, we must learn how to deal with it. Feelings of fear are part of our anatomy while we live on this earth. We may feel fear when we are doing something we have never done before, or when the obstacles seem impossible, or when we do not have the natural help we feel we need. None of this means we are cowards; it means we are human. We can only be cowardly when we allow our fears to dictate our actions or decisions, instead of following our hearts and doing what we know is right for us. We must accept the fact that fear will never go away completely, but also know we can live boldly and courageously because God has told us that He is always with us. Because of that knowledge we can choose to ignore the fear we feel. It is okay to feel fear, and sometimes good to experience; but it is not okay to act on those feelings. The word fear means ‘to take flight’ or ‘to run away from’, and it causes us to want to flee from what God wants us to confront. The only acceptable attitude for a Christian to have toward fear is ‘I will not fear’. Do not cringe from anything in fear. You may be going forward with something you feel God has spoken to you to do. Then something happens to make it appear that it is not working out or that people are not in favor of it. You realize that if you do what God wants you to do, you may risk losing some friends, some resources, or your reputation. When you feel that fear, the first impulse is to withdraw. God knows that, and that is why He says, “Do not fear”. When He tells us not to fear, what He means is, no matter how you feel, keep putting one foot in front of the other and doing what you believe He has told you to do because that is the only way to defeat fear and make progress. Many Blessings!!
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 02:12:03 +0000
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