Do Not Be Afraid

One of the devil’s most successful tactics is isolation. If Satan can convince you that you are all alone with no help, he can twist your perception to make you believe almost anything he wants.

The good news is that God doesn’t leave us alone to duke it out with our fear the best we can. No, God fights alongside us. Jesus walked among us as one of us, and He knows all about fear.

In fact, of the 125 direct commands or imperatives of Jesus recorded in Scripture, 21 of them have to do with overcoming fear. Over and over again, Jesus encourages us to “not be afraid” or “fear not” or “have courage” or “take heart.” Take a few seconds to reflect on that. The single statement He made more than any other was “Don’t be afraid.” Jesus takes our fears quite seriously!

Listen, my friend. If there is a voice in your head telling you that you are the only one who is afraid, that you are somehow flawed in ways nobody else could possibly understand, that you are messed up and there is no point in trying anymore, trust me on a very basic fact: it is not God’s voice you are hearing!

You are not alone! You do have help! You have a God who knows your fears and who will battle them on your behalf. You have a God who cares deeply and intimately about you and who has planted dreams in your soul that He longs to help you fulfill.