Fear is
a poor chisel for carving out tomorrow. Today, if you are viewing your future
from a position of fear or worry, I want to let you know that view is not
accurate or correct. Instead, view your future from a position of faith. That’s
the truth. Worry is simply the triumph of fear over faith.
There is a story about a woman crying
profusely and standing on a street corner. A man came up to her and asked why
she was weeping. The lady shook her head and replied: “I was just thinking that
maybe someday I would get married. We would later have a beautiful baby girl.
Then one day this child and I would go for a walk along this street, and my
darling daughter would run into the street, get hit by a car, and die.”
It sounds like a pretty ridiculous
situation – weeping because of something that will probably never happen. Yet
we act this way when we worry. We blow a situation out of proportion that might
not ever come to pass.
An old Swedish proverb says: “Worry gives
a small thing a big shadow.” Worry is simply the misuse of the creative
imagination that God has placed within each of us. When fear rises in our
minds, we should learn to expect the opposite in our lives. The opposite of
fear is faith.
The word worry is derived from an Anglo-Saxon term to strangle or to choke off. There
is no question that worry and fear do choke off the creative flow from God. The
less you worry, the more ideas, insight, and revelation you will have.
Things are seldom as they seem. “Skim milk
masquerades as cream,” said W. S. Gilbert. As we dwell on and worry about
matters beyond our control, a negative effect begins to set in. Too much
analysis always leads to paralysis. Worry is a route that leads from somewhere
to nowhere. Never let it direct your life.
In Psalm 55:22 the Bible says, “Cast thy
burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved.” Never respond out of fear, and never fear to respond.
Action attacks fear; inaction reinforces it. - John L. M.
Don’t worry and don’t fear. Instead, take
your fear and worry to the Lord, “casting all your care upon him; for he careth
for you” (1 Peter 5:7).
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