Friday, 26 September 2025

FEAR

 



I was privileged recently to be given a deeper understanding of ‘fear’ through a personal experience that I will not recount here as my aim is to share the lesson I was given instead. Rest assured though that I have had my battle with this principle so I speak from my own frame of reference.

I concede that the adversary uses fear as a form of control but I am talking about deep seated fears here that we ourselves have created which sabotage our growth, our direction in life, and even our faith in God. Fears that subvert our path in life, cause mistrust, rob us of peace and use us like puppets on a string disguised as an unseen enemy.

Most of you are familiar with the scripture that says, “for God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). The sound mind is for us to discern falsehood from reality. Fear is not reality. Deep seated fears are usually a residual effect of traumatic experiences we have been through.

Fear has no substance, nevertheless, we somehow hold onto it thinking it will protect us from wading into some deep water again that at one stage sought to drown us. Some fears are so deeply engrained in us that we are not even aware that we are harbouring them.

This is the lesson I was taught. Fears too are covered by the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Since painful damaging experiences in life are worthy of the healing power of Christ, it goes without saying that fears, being a resultant part of those experiences, are covered by the same redeeming power. We can be healed from them the same way we are healed from consequences of sin, abuse, mistakes, injustice, and every pain known to man.

If you are carrying an experience in your life, that you cannot get past, consider that fear is at play. The Saviour doesn’t want it to control you. He is the Prince of Peace who grants freedom from any debilitating part of mortality. He is waiting to heal you. There is nothing which impedes our growth that He has not atoned for: fear not, only believe.

 I kept my fears so close to my heart,

They hid so well not wanting to depart.

They pulled the strings

And bade me where to go;

They owned my soul

More than I wanted to know.

 

You took possession of the inner me

And thought that change

Would suit me beautifully.

You entered my heart

when I gave You the key

And replaced those fears with tranquility.

 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: The Source of Peace and Serenity by Ivan Guadarrama) 


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