The Alpha of Dealing with Fear

UV 3033/10000 The Alpha of Dealing with Fear
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34 v 4

Fear grips our hearts and minds and paralyses us. We are afraid of the unknown. Fears keep us from fulfilling our full potential. We are fearful of what might befall us in the course of our lives. Fears have the power of self fulfilling prophecies and have an uncanny way of coming true in life. Our fears are fed and fuelled by all the bad news happening all around us. Often our own lifetime experiences is the root of our fears. For instance, I experienced drowning once and was thereafter, quite fearful of deep waters. I was able to overcome that fear by recently venturing to do scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef, of course, with a capable lifeguard and trainer swimming alongside me. My confidence was not in my own ability to swim but on my trainer who I knew would not desert or abandon me whatever happened down there. Likewise, when we have Jesus as our coach and trainer alongside us all the time, our fears melt away. When we hear the good news that Jesus is the all loving, all powerful, all merciful, all knowing Saviour, we are in touch or within access of the means of deliverance from all our fears. Instead of fear, He places a song of deliverance on our hearts and lips. Our lips speak what our hearts believe. We do not empower our fears by acknowledging these real and imaginary threats. Faith in the saving power of Jesus is our effective shield. We yield to Him and not to our fears.

The pre-condition is that we seek the Lord sincerely, seek His presence, seek His help and grace. We seek His power by delving deep into His word. He hears our prayers and answers us in accordance with His great mercy and grace. The uni-verse states that we are delivered from “ALL” our fears. In short, there is not a single fear or threat that He cannot deliver us from. Instead of fear, He now fills our hearts and minds with joy. Joy is supernatural emotional state wherein we are delivered from all our natural fears.

Instead of hiding our fears or hiding from our fears, we need to confess our fears to the Lord and seek His active and present help to overcome it. The root of all fears is the fear of death and Jesus has overcome death. He descended the deepest valley of fear as He confronted the prospect of the cross on Calvary hill. But He thereafter ascended to the highest mountain of the Zion of the glory of God. He who is the Overcomer will enable us to overcome sin and death and live forever in His glorious presence.