FACE YOUR FEARS WITH FAITH
The second greatest force in the world is fear. It is impossible to estimate the number of lives it has ruined. A famous psychiatrist says, “Anxiety is the great modern plague.”
But let us not dwell on the second greatest force in the world, but rather on the greatest force of all, and that is faith. Fear is very strong, but faith is much stronger. Faith can actually cancel out fear.
The first step in building faith against fear is to stand up to your fears with faith. And so incredibly strong is faith, that even a little faith, if it’s real, can undercut enormous fear. Another technique in the faith-building process is to discover why you have fears. Counseling may be required to gain this insight.
The third step is something not to do. Do not go skulking through life, being timorous and afraid. Say to yourself, and mean it: “In the name of God and by the power of Jesus Christ, I hereby stand up to my fears with faith. I am no longer afraid.”
If you do not weaken, your fears one by one will finally slink away. But you must be vigilant. If you let down your faith, your fears will try to return. You have given hospitality to them for so long that they feel at home in your mind. Sadly, you may even miss them. But deliberately become obstinate, gloriously obstinate. Tell yourself that, with God’s help, you will not let them come back. Keep filling your mind so full of faith that there will no longer be any room for fears.
Faith Passages
The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. (Psalm 27:1-3)
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. (Isaiah 41:13)
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. (I Corinthians 16:13)
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4)
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