Words attributed to Jesus, "fear is not what is needed, but faith". A little girl was dying, or thought to be dead, the family had given up. Jesus changed all that and brought her to them, renewed in life. Fear is not what is needed, but fear nearly always wins.
The Gospels contain many messages regarding fear, and why not? The early followers of The Way were persecuted, despised, hunted. Fear was part of their every day condition. They were reminded, that faith trumps fear, that living in Jesus, God's anointed, they had no reason to fear. As the psalmist wrote, "I am not afraid, what can a mere mortal do to me?" Many died believing and holding on to words such as these when there was nothing else to grasp, never recanting.
As the daily news brings stories that are rooted in fear, there is no other way than to remember God's word. We are after all, just a breath in time. Fear of leaders, financial ruin, whatever it may be, these things are nothing more than stand in's for truth. Things get bad, they get better. In the meantime, we all have to be. I choose to be, in the light of God, where I can live in Jesus and be fully free and fully myself, no matter what my portfolio contains.
Peace.
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