![]() ![]() It is the reality and awareness of His love, care and present help that pushes out the fear it is not just trying to stop being afraid and striving to stop worrying. He says such things as, “fear not, FOR I am with you,” fear not, FOR I will help you,” “fear not, FOR I will never leave your nor forsake you.” Take a look at these fear not scriptures and look for reasons not to fear. Throughout His Word, God doesn’t just tell us not to fear He always gives us reasons to not fear. As some of the translations say, “He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully,” “You are His personal concern,” “He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.” These kinds of thoughts are the cure to worry, anxiety and fear. The key here to successfully getting your cares to stay on Him lies in the end of the verse, “because He cares for you.” If you don’t know how much He actually cares for you, you can’t rest and trust in Him and let go of you cares, and they will keep coming back. Thank God the Bible doesn’t just tell us WHAT to do but also teaches us HOW TO do it. In the Bible, we are told not to worry and many, many times we are told to “fear not.” How many times does God have to tell us something before we actually think we have to do it? Living Bible – Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you. Phillips – You can throw the whole weight of your anxieties upon him, for you are his personal concern. (See February 26 article on Freedom from Fear).ġ Peter 5:7 (Amplified) – Casting the whole of your care (all your anxieties, all your worries, all you concerns, once and for all) on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. So it would benefit us greatly to learn how to do what God says to do and then to actually DO IT. ![]() ![]() Worry, fear, stress – these are things we are not designed to carry, things that will kill our bodies over time. He told us not to worry not just to give us another thing to have to do to please Him but because He actually cares for us. There is an underlying thought that we excuse our worrying with, “God knows I can’t do that.”īut why did God tell us so many times not to fear, not to have anxieties or worries? Because He doesn’t want us to do it and He knew it could be a constant temptation. Though we know we are to not worry and that we are to cast our cares on the Lord, how many actually do it? This isn’t because we aren’t willing to but because WE DON’T KNOW HOW and we don’t actually think we CAN do it. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT FEAR? ABOUT WORRIES AND ANXIETIES? DON’T DO IT. ![]()
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