Fear can’t rule you if God already has the job.

In the Bible we are taught to “fear God.” Ecclesiastes 12:13 succinctly says: “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.” Proverbs 9:10 famously says: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…”

But it’s not a trembling-in-your-boots kind of fear. To fear God in the biblical sense is to show him “reverential awe.” That’s how Billy Graham described it, and it’s a fair description.

Reverential awe.

It’s to become so captivated by—and committed to—the awesome power, goodness and majesty of God that we start to know, deep down, that no failure is so final, that no enemy is so strong, and that no danger is so great, that the God who reigns and rules can’t carry his people through to victory.

What is your greatest fear? I invite you to think about what it is.

Then think of one promise God has made which helps you address that fear.

When we proactively recall and recite God’s promises, we are remembering that God is actually God, and that our fears can’t hold a candle to the blazing torch which is the love, truth and holiness of God Almighty.

Think of your greatest fear. Then think of one promise God has made which helps you address that fear.

Fear can’t rule you if God already has the job.

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Notes:

–Bible quotes are from the NIV.