How to Overcome Your Fears
Is it possible to overcome fear? Every now and then we are cumbered with so many thoughts that put fear in us. So how do we allay those fears? I remember in my forties when I used to fear a lot; my fear threshold became so low that I literally feared anything and everything. The fear was about my family - my husband and my children. I always thought about little things- “ How are we going to do this? How are we going to do that? What would happen after this? And so on. ” I became so distraught and frantic. What happened? Nothing! All the things I had feared and became so anxious about just became needless. They weren't as serious as I thought.
You know the challenge with us as humans is that we don't usually learn from the past unless it's very serious. The moment something happens, we do it and forget about it. Even the same situation could repeat itself over and over again and we will still express the same fear and anxiety towards it. One thing to understand is that knowledge is important in dealing with fear. The more we know, the less we fear. Most things that we fear are things that we don’t know. That's why there's so much fear of the unknown. Whether it's fear of the future, or the fear of death, or the fear of poverty, or the fear of failure and so many other forms of fear that we have, we need to keep growing in knowledge to overcome those fears.
If you have the fear of the future, get to know yourself more and how beautiful your future is. If you have the fear of death, get to know the value of life and the blessing of eternity. If you have the fear of poverty, get to know how rich you are and what exactly you need to do to become rich. If you have the fear of failure, get to know human nature and the inevitability of failure in achieving success, and so on. You can always get knowledge in the direction of your fear. And sometimes, the fear could just be emotional which may not have anything to do with a particular cause, but everything to do with some situations or present circumstances you are going through.
When it comes to us as women, we are on a different level from men. Every little thing bothers us. We care, nurture, and develop whatever is committed to our hands. We think of solutions before problems arise. We set the table before everyone is ready. That's our nature. We just love to prepare and plan things ahead. We don't like shock, emergency or any bad surprises. They sometimes put us in disarray or preventable embarrassment.
So, as for us, there are many thoughts that we nurture in our head in a day. I think that's just the way we are designed. I believe it’s a blessing to our world. Now, in my fifties, all my fears are under control. I keep growing in the knowledge of the assuring word of God. When troubles and difficulties come, and they want to overwhelm or bring me down, I just use the word of God that I keep in my heart to subdue them. It's amazing how I experience so much joy and peace in my heart whenever I do that. Sometimes, I also sing and worship. It's really a nice experience for me. I feel burdens are lifted and all pain is gone. Wow! Praise the Lord.
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