Faith & Fear

Twice within this past week

I have driven past a 

local church marquee

that says,

"Feed your faith

and your fears will starve."

Both times Holy Spirit said,

"Fear is a choice."

As I thought about this further,

Holy Spirit reminded me that,

in Scripture,

we are told numerous times

NOT to fear

(worry, fret, be afraid, dismayed or concerned).

And truly,

since we are commanded

NOT to fear,

then obviously, 

we have a choice in the matter.

On-the-other-hand,

Faith, the Bible tells us,

is a gift;

another wonderful, gracious gift

freely given to us by Jesus.

And as with all gifts,

we choose either to use it

or cast it aside.

When we view these things;

Faith & fear,

in light of what they truly are,

we

see, once again,

clearly

just how simple God made it

for us to access all of the goodness

He intends for us.

Oh what a

Good

&

Gracious

Father He IS!