Day 10 :: Fighting Fear {part 2}: Think on the Truth

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Fighting fear is hard.  

I know because I struggle with fear.  

When we received Mason's diagnosis of Down Syndrome, we were given a long list of potential health problems that he could face.  The fear was overwhelming.  

It would have been easy for me to look at that list and spend most of my days dwelling on all of the possible things that could go wrong with my son.  Some days I did.  

I realized, though, that fear was leading me to worry, which was creating in me a lack of trust in God's sovereignty, goodness, and love. 

How did I fight it?

"Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." -Philippians 4:8-

Think on the truth. 

If I want my heart to be driven by truth, I must battle fear in my mind with truth, truth about God.

Truth about God is found in His Word, so if I'm fighting fear with thinking on the truth, then I must speak truth in my mind about God.

Fight the fear of incompetence trusting that God is powerful:

"'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." -2 Corinthians 12:9-

Fight the fear of rejection remembering who I am in Christ:

"See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are." -1 John 3:1-

Fight the fear of harm believing in the presence of God:

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you..." -Isaiah 43:2-

In the moment that fear begins to overpower belief in God, choose to think on the truth about God.

What is it you fear?  Fight it with the truth.

Day 9 :: Fighting Fear {part 1}: Begin at the Root

Most of us have something that we fear.  It could be an object, a situation, a person, or a feeling.

We don't always seek it out, sometimes it just creeps in, unwelcome and takes over our minds.

How do we fight it?

David, in Psalm 56:3-4, said,

"When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.  In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust."

If the remedy for fear is trust in God, then we must first examine our fears to see what it is about God that we are failing to trust.

Fear is rooted in some sort of disbelief about God.

What am I failing to believe about God that is causing this issue of fear in my life?  

I'll let you answer the question and tomorrow we will talk some more about fear.