“Outside Fear.”

H,

There is a fear in facing everyday life that has to be addressed. I do not mean that some are fearful, and some are not and that we are dealing with the former category. I mean everyone is afraid and the only real difference is how we address that fear. Some do seem to fold, and some do seem to thrive, but these resolutions may only be skin deep. You never know until you look closer at who we have become because of fear.

There are many things we do, many beliefs we hold and many things we say that are simply a poor response to fear. We might fight the fear of poverty by being overly interested in prosperity, the fear of being alone with effective promiscuity or the fear of being taken for granted with caustic arrogance. These are all still, in the truest sense, surface reactions. The deeper and more complex reactions to fear take us on a lifelong trajectory that may have all these surface reactions and much more. It is our tendency, in very general terms, to protect ourselves above loving others. It is how we can put church above person, doctrine above communication and quick judgement above understanding.

God lives, and invites us to, live outside of fear. Fear is the greatest tool of the dark. The eternal picture painted has already told us to fear nothing. There is nothing on earth that cannot be rectified by heaven. This does not only mean physical miracles but also the deeper, final effect of eternity. The body will die. The mind will be renewed. The things we think are forever only last till the end of this age.

Outside of fear is faith. We believe in the benevolence. We believe in the resolution of all things in the light. We believe in the picture being painted. We believe in the reality of the coming Kingdom of power, of faith, of hope and of love. We are not in a hurry to prove ourselves. We live in God. We live in the light. We live outside of fear.