WHY FEAR IS A FAULT!

WHY FEAR IS A FAULT!

Heb 10:38

38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Heb 11:6

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

           It is difficult, emotionally, to think of fear as being faulty but the Scriptures are clear on the matter. The justified one shall live by faith. It is an intellectual approach to everything. It assumes a good outcome to every knotty problem. It presses ahead in the face of overwhelming opposition. It succeeds.

           Fear, on the other hand, is a belief that things can’t possibly turn out right. It approaches life timidly with an expectation of disaster or failure. It is fatalistic. It halts and retreats in the face of opposition. It fails. Let me suggest a few reasons why God is displeased with fear.

Ø Fear clouds our judgment. Causes to see things as they aren’t. It bends our perception of reality.

Ø Fear stops us in our tracks. We are frozen in indecision.

Ø It wastes time in rationalizing and reasoning.

Ø It promotes paranoia. We begin to imagine enemies that do not exist.

Ø It causes us to lose objectivity. We can’t think clearly.

Ø It causes us to distrust others because we are always searching for unknown and unseen enemies.

Ø It ruins us as risk takers. We live in a boring safe zone of inaction.

Ø We imagine wrong motives in the best deeds.

Ø It promotes our pride since we do not want to ever be thought of as failures.

Ø Fear stubbornly refuses to believe in the presence and power of God.

Ø Fear believes God can’t be trusted or taken seriously.

Ø Fear does not come from God.

2 Tim 1:7

7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Dear Lord, I am afraid that I am often driven by fear instead of faith. I believe, help thou my unbelief. AMEN