If you struggle with fear, take Isaiah 41:10 like medicine ~ three times a day. God is with us, because He is IN us. Entertaining fearful thoughts causes dirt to be piled upon our gift of heart peace. Though it is there, fear has distracted us from its presence.

Peace is an irrevocable gift, but it is maintained through our thoughts. Isaiah 26:3 says, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” The Hebrew word for stayed means to lean upon.

I love Psalm 55:22. It says, “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” Here is my working definition for casting something on the Lord. In Acts 28:3 a poisonous viper fastened on his hand. Verse 4 says he shook it off. When a thought of fear comes ~ shake off the distraction!