I am Afraid

I cannot do that, am not able to. What if I fail? Am scared to even try, am not going in there what if it does not work out? Whaat!!! Am not getting married am scared of the problems that come with it. I can’t date again I don’t want to be hurt again. Am not playing again cannot afford to break my leg again. I am not sure I want to take that step, I don’t know what’s gonna happen in the end. One way or the other we are afraid of something and we live in a lot of fear.

Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of being judged, fear of death, fear of losing, fear of not being hurt again, fear of being broke, fear of being rejected, fear of being lonely and so on. You are afraid and sometimes you actually don’t know what to do about it. Some of us have great phobias in fact, it leads them to stress and depression because of how much they fear something. This is a very true and sad reality we are living in.

F- false

E- evidence

A- appearing

R- real

What are we going to do? Why is fear so powerful in our lives? How come we fear overcoming fear? Is it that big of a challenge or a loud voice in our heads that tells us how to think or act to things or situations?

God himself says “Do not be afraid.” Not of man, death, unknown, pain, loneliness, suffering, name it. Do not be afraid. This has been said in the bible around 365 times. Amazingly that equals the number of days in a whole year. Meaning every morning you need to tell or remind yourself “do not fear.” Seams easy to just say it but as it is said, “whatever your mouth confesses so it shall be.” The more you speak and train your mind not to fear the more you overcome fear. It is not a physical thing it is a mental issue and thus if mentally you are not afraid then physically you will also not be afraid.

However, it is not just mental or physical, fear is brought about by lack of faith. Well faith comes by hearing the word of God (Hebrews 11). The word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1). Meaning the word is Jesus. The same bible says “perfect love casts out all fear.” Meaning if you have Jesus within you who is the perfect love then you shall not fear anything.

We fear because we do not know who we serve, who we are in Christ, and who Christ is. We are afraid because we choose not to believe in him and obey him and we want to depend on our strength which is so weak and will fail us in just a blink of an eye. The truth is this, we can train, think, plan, read, practice all we want on how to overcome fear but as long as we are not in Christ and Christ in us, we shall never overcome fear.

Why? because if perfect love casts out all fears, then it is not God who brings fear but rather the devil. It is one of his craftiness he uses against man. To think to himself or herself that he/she cannot do it. Fear in itself is not evil it’s just an emotion that can be used by the enemy to stop or prevent you from becoming what you are supposed to be.

"Do not be afraid, I am and will be with you till the end of days," says the Lord.

Do not let fear hold you back, or be a setback, free yourself from the slavery and chains of fear by living in Jesus all day every day 365 days just like he said 365 times do not fear.

Fear is temporary but regret is forever. Fear does not stop death, but stops life.Fear is a reaction, courage is a decision.Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.Feel the fear and do it anyway.Life begins where fear ends. 

Fear is a Liar