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I have been counseling people for years as a friend and minister and recently started thinking about some of the common things that people bring up. Without question the greatest thing that people combat is fear, and it’s often fear of the unknown. How am I going to pay this bill? What will my husband or wife do? How can I help my children with their problems? When will I get a job? How can I survive without my spouse (who just left or died)? Oh, the list goes on and on! Have you ever heard a noise that scared you, especially late at night? You may have even called for help… and then when you examined it, it turned out to be something benign and harmless? That’s what God has promised to do for us if we will let Him; that He will face our greatest fears for us and that He will be the answer. Most of the fears that we face are greater in our imaginations than they are in reality! Our minds are so powerful that they can take something small in our future and create a mountain of fear over the “what ifs” of the situation until we are paralyzed into inaction. There are over 100 times in the Bible where the term “fear not” is used! Isn’t there a lesson in that for us? One of the greatest fears that people I’ve counseled have is loneliness, especially after divorce or death of a spouse or child. The person that has left always leaves a void that fear says you won’t be able to replace. The emptiness that arrives after the loss can multiply the fears of the future until you’re not able to enjoy the pleasures of the current moment. How sad! Jesus said “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 10:28) What God wants us to do is two things – fear Him only and trust Him for the rest! The Bible says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10) and is also the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7). God is the only one who can destroy both body and soul in hell. He is our Creator. He made us. He gave us our personality. He is the only one in charge of our lives and the things that control it. Doesn’t it make sense that we should fear Him?
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