This article is for those of you who are looking for help in the battlefield of the mind, and want to know what the Bible says about fear.

This article is for those of you who have tried everything else… and need a new approach to whatever difficulties you are having. Perhaps it is also for those who are curious to see what other beliefs are out there and how others cope. I welcome you all.

PART 1: BATTLING FEAR

Where does your fear come from? Is it doubt? Which would be a lack of faith? Is it from the words of another person? I will remind you first that FEAR is not from God. Proverbs 29 verse 25 says, “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.” (NIV) When we allow doubt or condemnation to creep into our thought life we are not trusting in the Lord.

I personally have experienced that anxiety that threatens to smoosh all the air out of you; an incapacitating, non-functioning threatening kind of fear. When our faith in the Lord’s ability to deliver us from evil, to overcome worldly obstacles or needs diminishes – we waver! We fall to our knees and cry out our doom!

This is not to say that God is diminished in any way by our lack of trust in Him. But is it not the way His word shows us how to achieve victory in a situation. Over and over King David found himself or his household in trouble and the Psalms record His lamenting, but they also record his praises of his God! Often you will find both in the same verses! We are to be thankful and praise Him – in all things. For we have nothing but by what is given to us. He is faithful to provide for all our needs. Every time. We are not forgotten.

When fear comes from others – whether by words they speak to you, things you ‘hear’ on the radio or TV, or things that are repeated to you – it is a choice what you receive. No one can force you to dwell on negative reports.

Casting down the imaginations of the mind can be hard! It is a work against our fleshly nature to submit to God in complete faith. I John 4 verses 16 &18 “God is love.” “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” (NIV) Allowing the Lord to minister truth and love into your life, whether through church, magazines, friends or reading will bring healing. Read I John for you ~ it is a great book of the Bible with insights into the character of God, the person of Christ and the spiritual world.

Say NO to anxiety! NO to fear! YOU choose how you will allow yourself to think.

Psalm 27~ of David

“The Lord is my light and my salvation –
of whom shall I be afraid?
When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh,
when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.
Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear;
Though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.
One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and set me high upon a rock.
v. 13
I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” (NIV)

*scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.