Fear is real. We are faced daily with issues of life that bring fear. Most of the sicknesses and challenges we experience in life are fear induced. Some people have died in the fear of a thing when the thing itself has never happened. Sicknesses and symptoms like anxiety, worry, depression, headache, high blood pressure and the likes are not unconnected with fear.

The Scriptures teach that fear has torment 1 John 4:18.  Fear sometimes inflicts more pain than the experience itself and most of the time what we envision may happen, does not always take place.

How then can God help me with my fear?

1. Know the Source of Fear: Fear can be traced to Eden when man fell into sin. After Adam ate the forbidden fruit, He became missing. God couldn’t find Him. When God inquired where he was, this was the reply he gave, “I heard Your voice in the garden, AND I WAS AFRAID because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10, this was the beginning of fear. Sin led to fear. Sin is the source of fear. One cannot be living in sin and be free from fear. We will always have to hide in the presence of God like Adam. This is why we need to repent and abstain from every form of sin.

2. Fear of God: The fear of God, the Scriptures says, is the beginning of wisdom Proverbs 9:10. Without the fear of God, we will always have fears to deal with. What the devil succeeded in doing was to bring Adam and Eve to a place where they lost their fear of God. They disregarded God’s clear instruction and they became captives to fear. What kept Joseph from premarital sex with Potiphar’s wife was his fear of God. He told the woman, “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God” Genesis 39:9.  The wise live in the fear of God. This is why they have no fears.

3. Understand who You are in God. The Bible says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:7. Your daily life must be consistent with the content of your spirit. God has not given you a spirit of fear. It is from the devil and you must resist it vehemently.

4. Spend Time With God. Cast all your fears, cares and worry on Him. Instead of living in anxiety, the Bible admonishes us to “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:6-8.

5. Understand the positive side of fear. Fear might be a signal from God that we need to be cautious about the decisions or steps we want to take. When we lose our peace or we become restless over an issue, it might be a sign from God that there is danger ahead. When we are in His perfect will, we will always experience perfect peace.

May the Lord “grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life” Luke 1:74-75.

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