Psalm Fifty - Six

Verse 3
When I am afraid, I will trust in you.

Fear is a very natural reaction for us. You don't have to teach it to kids, and as adults it has the ability to paralyze us from truly living. God tells us not to fear. Jesus reassures us that we have no need to fear. But from the beginning of our story, fear has played a significant role.

As I was reading this verse today, a thought occurred to me. (I'm not sure this is totally original and would put my money on the fact that someone has shared this with me in the past and I forgot about it.) We fear out of the uncertainty of the outcome. We don't tell our spouse everything because we don't know how they will take it. We don't take that next step in our careers because there is the chance that it won't pan out as expected. We don't fully trust God because, though faith is believing without seeing, we prefer the tangible over the mystical.

Fear is natural for the believer. I think that is why God addresses it so much in His Word. It can either shackle or liberate us - shackle us in the way that we live only partial lives, playing it safe - liberate us in the beautiful reality that when fear shows it's ugly face, we have one in whom we can place our trust, one who has overcome the fear that would so easily slow us down.

Heart and Soul,
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