Last night I had a phone call from a young married man who meets with me each Saturday morning. He had succumbed to a fear which was gripping him and had caused him to act on the fear in a troubling way. He wanted to know what to do at this point? We talked for a while on speaker phone so his wife could be part of the conversation. We agreed that this morning we will continue this topic of fear.

God’s amazing strength cannot be ours if we rely on our own strength when times hit like this. I had this happen to me earlier this week as I had written about. The roots of fear and helplessness from it had extremely deep roots within me which Jesus has now replaced just a few days ago. I am praying that this morning our young man can see how Jesus will replace his fear with confidence when he gives the fear over to Him as it hits him.

I wouldn’t even know that fear is often caused from a lack of confidence until most recently. The confidence was never in me when fear has gripped myself. However, now that I have Jesus at the root of this old nature I know the confidence is my trust in Him and fully knowing I don’t have to deal with the topic of the fear on my own. That helpless sense doesn’t need to own me any longer. What a refreshing and gratifying sense this is too! God is AMAZING!