Thursday, September 18, 2003
WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY FEARS?
I Blogged awhile back about fear. We have been studying this at church on Sundays. I have tried to share specific steps from God’s Word that we can take toward overcoming our fears.
I believe that Step Number One is to be sure you’re right with God. As I have studied the Bible on this subject, I have observed that fear and sin go hand in hand. As I stated in a previous Blog on this subject, when Adam and Eve sinned they became afraid. (Genesis 3:10) When we sin, we should be afraid, too. Hebrews 10:31 says, “It is a dreadful (fearful) thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.”
Sin makes cowards of us all. “The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. (Proverbs 28:1)
Speaking of the wicked, Psalm 53:5 says, “There they were, overwhelmed with dread (fear) when there was nothing to dread (fear).”
Yet Christ came to set us free from fear.
When the Angel came to Zechariah to tell him of the birth of John the Baptist, he said, “Do not be afraid…..”
When Gabriel came to Mary to tell her she was going to give birth to the Son of God, he said, “Do not be afraid……”
When the Angel talked about the coming birth of Jesus to Joseph, he said, “Don’t be afraid…”
When the angels announced Jesus’ birth to the shepherds on the Judean hillside, their first words were, “Do not be afraid…..”
Hebrews 2:15 tells us that there are a lot of people who all their lives are held in bondage (slavery) to the fear of death.
Paul said, “For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (1Timothy 1:7—KJV)
Yep! The starting point to overcoming fear is to know that you’re saved and that within you is the One who can take out of you the spirit of fear.
If a person doesn’t know Jesus as their personal Savior, then I don’t know how to help that person overcome fear. Jesus plainly taught us to not be afraid of those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. He said we should rather fear the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell. (Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:4)
So, I’m saved. I’m still fearful. What’s the next step? That will be the subject for a future Blog.
Jim
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