“It’s always easy on the happy-ending side of a crisis to talk about fear as something I’ve overcome.... Sometimes I think “worry” is a temptation behind me. But I can only believe that in moments when courage isn’t required of me. It’s easy to feel brave when money is in the bank, health is in my bones, and loved ones are by my side. But when a fresh uncertainty or trial confronts me, fear is always waiting there, ready to strike again—eager to sink its teeth into my soul. Every time, I must pray fervently for the strength to fight it and to trust in God’s fatherly care. It’s no wonder “Fear not” is such a common refrain in the Bible; we give way to fear the way a feather gives way to wind.
....Every Christmas reminds us of how the Light came down and entered our darkness. And every Easter reminds us of how our God has broken the chains that enslaved us to sin and death. Stories all through Scripture repeat again and again: fear not.
The reason we must be told not to fear is because fear is the natural response to circumstances of great danger, suffering, or loss. It is in the very hours when fear is most natural that we are most called upon to walk by faith and not by sight.” - Hannah Grieser, Fear and the Goodness of God
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