Fear--A Cultural Focus
The American cultural focus these days is on risk, threat, danger, hazard, warning. Swine flu, terrorism, AIDS, e. coli, massive blood infections. Dust mites, global warming, mad cow disease, tsunamis, Lyme disease, autism. Failure, computer viruses, insomnia, PAD, ED, TB, plagiarism, death. Losing face, losing money, losing custody, losing control. We are dogged by angst.
Max Lucado wrote a thought-provoking book about this subject called Fearless: Imagine Your Life without Fear. He made me think about it, and I realize how huge fear is in our culture. I can think of quite a number of important things I could have done--might have done--but never even considered because of my fear and timidity. With God’s help, I can overcome fear in my life. I think it’s my biggest obstacle.
Can you imagine what your life would be like without fear? What if fear and anxiety went away and left you in peace? How would it be if we could trust God so completely that we relinquished control of our lives to him? He’s in control, anyway; we just think we are.
Would you live differently? How might it change things?
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