It is true that life is filled with danger and pitfalls. There are a lot of things that can threaten your wellbeing. After you have exposed yourself to the news, health articles, and financial reports you can be left with a lot of fear in your life. The big question is, what is going to happen to you? The fear is that something really bad is going to happen and you won’t be able to do anything to solve it; or, it just can be a fear or dread that doesn’t have any meaning attached to it.

You may be looking at a current situation and imagining the very worst possible scenario. Something really bad may have already happened to you and now you are wondering how you are going to handle it or keep others from coming. You may see even worse things coming your way in the future that are the results of the bad that has already happened to you. You may be wondering, what if things get even worse than they are now? A bad event happened that you didn’t anticipate and it caused you to start wondering about the possibility of other unexpected bad events. A persistent, always there, and effecting all your emotions type fear is in you that you can’t seem to be set free from.

The thing about fear is that it builds on itself. You may go without fear for quite some time and then something bad happens and it opens the door to all kinds of worries and fears. The fact that something bad happened without warning and you were caught off guard can make you suspicious about everything. Now you want to brace yourself and be ready for anything else that MIGHT happen. You have decided that you got caught off guard once and you are never going to let yourself be surprised again. But now, the thing that is keeping you alert is this persistent fear.

Everyone knows deep down that worry and fear don’t help much; but, there are some positive aspects of some kinds of fears. God allows you to have certain types of fears that keep you from doing things that can hurt you. There are good reasons for you having a fear of heights, a fear of fire, of drowning, and vicious animals. God’s purpose for fear is to protect you from things that have the potential of hurting or killing you.

There is a fear, however, that isn’t from God. It is a fear that debilitates and keeps you from doing things you need to be doing. This is the fear that Jesus wants to help you with.

Jesus doesn’t need to help you find reasons for your fears; He can set you free without your life having to be perfect. The circumstances of your life can’t hurt you, once you experience the power of God’s healing. It is true that He will do a lot of great things with your circumstances; but, the main miracle will be what He does in your heart.

Mat 28:18 (NIV) Then Jesus came to them and said, “ALL authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Your struggles with fear aren’t bigger that Jesus, His power, or His provisions. It is a simple thing for Jesus to heal you and set you free from anything you are dealing with.

You have probably already heard that “nothing is impossible with God” (Luke 1:37). The big issue is, what do you have to do to get Jesus’ help? If you went to a hospital, clinic, rehab program, or most any other place for helping people with their problems, most of the responsibilities would be on them for making you well. However, Jesus has a goal for you that you may not be aware of.

Mat 11:28 (NIV) Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Jesus wants to help; He has the power to help; so, what is the problem? You need to spend some time with Jesus and allow Him to help you understand what the hold up is, what is keeping it from being solved, and what the process is for you being healed of these issues with fear. What is most difficult is the nature of you having a struggle. The problem itself is bad enough; but, the way it is able to dominate you and change a lot of you life make it seem very powerful. What Jesus wants you to learn is, He is much more powerful. And, He wants to help you to be powerful through Him.

Eph 6:10 (NIV) Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Jesus has a plan for you where you not only learn how to handle this issue, He wants to train you and empower you to win over all issues. He wants to develop a relationship with you where you work together with Him. He will train you how to yield to His power and provisions until you are a skilled, trained, experienced, and mature child of God. Everyone goes through similar problems like yours; but, too many of them don’t join Jesus and get life-training. You really aren’t on this planet to just learn how to be a human, you are here to learn how to be dynamic as a child of God.

Jesus offers you the solutions to all of these problems and consequences. But, the big thing He wants you to learn is, you and He can easily defeat them. It is just that you haven’t put as much effort in your child of God training as you have your human training.