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Faith Choices vs Fear Choices
Hebrews 13:6 'So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"' (NIV)
 Fear and faith are complete opposites. You cannot release power of faith if you are acting with an attitude of fear. You cannot speak inspiring, creative words of faith if you are constantly harbouring and vocalising fearful thoughts. You can't have those ways of either you will live like faith live as a victim of your fears. The good news is that through Christ, fear can be overcome by faith. How do we overcome the fear we faith? We must first stop fear from polluting our will, the decision-making faculty of our minds. We must make sure that we don't let fear seep into the water table of our deepest convictions. That means we must keep making decisions based on faith, even if we feel that our situation is hopeless. Our feelings might scream 'defeat', but we must ignore that and decide to act as if we have victory. Then we must remind ourselves that, according to the Bible, fear is not a gift from God. Fear might be pressing in from all sides, but we don't have to accept it into our lives. It might be knocking forcefully on the door, but we don't have to let it make itself at home in us. If we're children of God, fear isn't normal for us. To overcome fear, we need to remind ourselves that its defeat is a present reality, not just a future hope. When Jesus died on the cross, he conquered the greatest of all our fears – the fear of death. We don't have to fear death any more, and if that was the greatest of human fears then it stands to reason that all other, lesser fears were also defeated by the Lord.
Prayer: 'Lord, help me to make decisions based on strong faith, not simpering fear. Help me to rise above my own feelings of fear and worry, because I know that Jesus overcame fear on my behalf.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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