The Big Idea
God does not call us to fear the emotion of fear. He does not call us to eradicate fear. God designed fear as our “danger detector” and our “refuge reminder.” God created us with the capacity to fear to prompt us to take refuge in Him.
“When I am afraid…I put my trust in you.” Fear is our friendly reminder to take refuge in God, “our ever-present help in trouble” and danger.
March 4, 1933: “The Only Thing We Have to Fear…”
In his first inaugural address, on March 4, 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously proclaimed, “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear…is fear itself…”
So…should we fear…fear? Let me ask you some follow-up questions. Did you know that Roosevelt’s quote about fear is a part of a longer sentence? Do you have any idea what President Roosevelt said next in the rest of his sentence? Here it is in full:
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
Roosevelt was
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