Fear - what a nasty, scary word.
With lots of meanings:
Noun: An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.
Verb: Be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening: "farmers fear that they will lose business".
Synonyms: noun. dread - fright - apprehension - funk - awe - alarm
verb. be afraid - dread - apprehend - funk - be afraid of
Fear of change.
Fear of heights.
Fear of spiders.
Fear of sharks.
Fear of being too close to someone.
Fear of loud noises.
Fear of big dogs.
Fear of snakes.
Fear of the dark.
Fear of being alone.
Fear of...
The list could go on and on and on....
Throughout your lifetime you will have many fears, but the one thing that will remain is your faith in God. Through our trust in our faith in God, we don't have to fear what we are facing. Feed your faith and your fear won't stand a chance...read the bible, pray, read devotionals, turn to those hymns/songs that life you up.
Proverbs 3:5-6 New International Version (NIV)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,and he will make your paths straight.
Mark 4:35-41 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Calms the Storm
35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
If Jesus is on board then the storm is outranked!!
Time to turn that fear over to the Lord!! So I guess that means my fear of ... SHARKS should be out the door.
On a more serious note - its time to turn that fear of being alone over. Trust in what the Lord is doing in my life right now as a single person!!
What are you afraid of?
