Trust Erases Fear

Fear is a paralyzing thing. It can give us that frozen response to something frightening, make us run away, or make us fight. Fear cripples us in so many ways. Take, for example, someone who fears rejection. This Fear is rejection, and it is one of the most common yet deadly fears known to humanity. Fear enslaves us and controls how we think and act. The Fear of failing is also a powerful force that can fetter us. Often, we avoid trying something new because we fear failure. The Fear of not having enough is what feeds our scarcity mentality. There are fears of not having the ideal body, losing our health, and the Fear of harm. Each of us has our own fears that attack us, and we have to learn to deal with them.

Zachariah sang about Jesus’ ministry before Jesus was born in Bethlehem as a babe. He said that he would “rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and …enable us to serve him without fear” (Luke 1:74). We need to be rescued from our fears and delivered from them to be able to live our lives with purpose and meaning. Jesus can do that for us. Instead of living in depression, confined by Fear, Jesus will set us free and enable us to serve him, liberated from Fear. Once we have been delivered from Fear, we can use our gifts and talents in creative ways that benefit others for his glory.

Find a place to serve as we enter a new year. There are many ministry areas you can serve; in your local church, in local ministries, and wherever God leads you. Nothing is as fulfilling as serving because the rewards of giving are a healing salve for the soul. They are also one of the ways we erase the fears that plague us. We trust God to enable us to serve and empower us.

Paul reminded Timothy: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). Fear does not come from God but from our weakness, our sin, and the evil in this world. However, when we trust God, He erases those fears and enables us to have a healthy, sound mind to serve him.