Afraid to face the dark? Or is it the dawn? Perhaps the middle of the day when your mind is so taxed with information and obligations that you would prefer to escape?  Maybe you fear the tax man, elephants, mice, clowns or balloons?  Are you frightened by the thought of fear, not yet knowing from what to flee but knowing it will come nonetheless? This emotion is perhaps one of the greatest motivators in this life.  It is drives, cowers, stifles, reflects, mortifies, stumbles, hobbles, regrets and petrifies more people from achieving their joys in life than any other motion. It stops loves pursuit, forces one to stay in an abusive circumstance or makes us weep out of shame for the steps not taken.  What is fear to you, is it master, humbler, threat or thief?

Stop for a moment dear one and realize that it is okay to be afraid for in this moment there is the great possibility for decision and growth.  I embrace you and am sorry that you are terrified, I wish I had the power and authority to take that from you, but it is here in this lifetime, provided somehow by God as a motivating tool or obstacle to provide for our successes.  Yes, my fears may all come true right now and then where I am left.  Dead, perhaps if that is the nature of my terror?  Incarcerated, alone, tired, hungry, impoverished, ill, unloved, unwanted, separated from those you love, what is the end result of this fear that haunts you in its promises?  What happened right now if every fear you had were to suddenly be realized in an instant?  Where are you?  Are you still alive, are you okay or has the fear truly rendered you incapacitated as it promised?

Is fear rational?  I don’t think that matters, because it is emotional, and being of feeling its logic is frankly irrelevant.  However, fear is belief based.  If you do not believe that an emotion can hurt you are subject you to some fearful punishment then you will deny its worldly claim to effect that outcome.  As well, since fear is sponsored by belief then if God tells us that the spirit of fear is an enemy given facet of life, does it change the nature of the understanding of how to defeat it or navigate its promptings? Basically, if God didn’t give us the spirit of fear and it is therefore an enemy attempt to control our emotions to provoke specific action or inaction then God’s Word says that we are to speak His Word and the enemy must flee, for we are to resist his attempts to drive him from us.  Therefore, describing my fear through the lens of faith, it is one of those obstacles provided for my overcoming. For victory’s sake, I must resist, understanding that the temptation to flee is just as any other temptation; lust, pride, covetousness, adultery, fornication or thievery. When I resist them patience will strengthen my faith and when patience has done its work, perfection is revealed.

I know that this task is not easy, but no one has tried to tell you that it will be in fact it may be down right impossible, which is the true blessing.  You see, the things that you can do are simply life successes that may be overcome with our time, talent and a measure of hard work or coin.  It is in the impossible task that God’s Glory is demonstrated.  I don’t know what your fear.  I am sure that it is equally as terrifying as my own.  What I do know is that God Loves you so much to never frighten you and that Perfect Love Casts out fear.  The worst the enemy can do to me is take my life in a frightful moment of fear and mortality.  Almighty God is the only one with control of my immortality, my spirit.  Reverent fear of the one who holds every soul in the palm of His Hand, now that is a rational fear and a good one to have.  Work out your salvation in fear and trembling, not of any man, creature or power or principality, but of Almighty God.  Lord Jesus we are holding on until your return.  Let us do good work for you in the process of waiting.  In your precious name.  Amen.