I must admit to being fearful.  I am a big sissy.  I hate going to Drs and Dentists.  Will I slip or fall?   My ears aren’t good.  What did she say?  Little things make me fearful.

I think fears come to all of us at times.   It’s down deep.  On the surface we say and do and act fearlessly but lurking in the shadows of our minds are the “what Ifs”.  God doesn’t want us to walk haphazardly into situations, but He also doesn’t want us to live our lives in fear. 

Mostly we face fears that are unknown or that even what we think we know.
We try to outguess our situation even before we know the truth.

When reading many of the Psalms that David composed, we know how fearful he was.  He had enemies that wanted to take his life.  His nemesis was King Saul, the very man whom he tried to help. He prayed for protection.  Yes, he too, was fearful.  His life was always in danger. 

When Joshua became the new leader of the Hebrews, Moses told him. “” Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or terrified because of them for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave your nor forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)

What words of comfort they brought to Joshua.  He was to be the new leader of this rag tag group of people.  But he held onto the words of Moses.  He must have been fearful but knew that God was speaking to him through Moses. 

God speaks to us through the Bible.  Those early disciples were fearful, yet they risk their lives for the Messiah.  He gave them the courage to overcome their fear.  They all died terrible deaths and not without fear but knowing something better awaited them.

You and I can be aware that God is with us in our fears.  Yes, they are there.  Yes, we are fearful.  He knows our fears. He knows we are afraid.  Its OK.

We can face them because whatever they are, God knows.
                                          Face your fears, fearlessly!