It is good to remember Paul’s instruction in 2 Timothy 1:7. It says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” The Greek definition for sound mind is: good judgement, disciplined thought patterns, and the ability to understand and make right decisions.

Fear is the enemy of disciplined thoughts. Fear, like worry, divides the mind. I often remind myself of Job’s words. Job 3:25 says, “For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.”

Fear plots a mental pathway that can become a rut we fall into. I’ve heard that fear is misplaced faith. Since faith is in One Who never changes, fear is therefore the fruit of worry which may never happen. As children of the Living God, we have nothing to fear.