Faithing Down Your Fears

17 Reverential Fear As we conclude this study on fear, it is my prayer that these promises and principles from God’s Word will bring a conclusion to your false fears. Therefore, I want to say at the ending of this book what I said at the beginning: “Fear is man’s oldest and most persistent emotional enemy.”

That means that until a person learns to faith down their fears, they are not really able to live the “abundant life” that Jesus promised His children (John 10:10). While they may experience eternal life through their faith in Christ, they will not really experience His abundant life until they faith down their fears through the power of His Spirit and authority of His Word.

It is a great spiritual tragedy that fear is usually one of the last emotional enemies we face and defeat, rather than the first. The Goliath that is fear stalks and intimidates them all of their lives. It is a spiritual and emotional giant that constantly threatens their very existence. As a result, far too many Christians live all of their lives dominated by that “spirit of fear” that Paul warned Timothy about. So, again, we need to meditate on the liberating words of Paul: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7 nkjv).

That being the case, let me conclude our study with several more verses of assurance that I pray will echo around your 111