Psalm 3:1-8 (3) Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Fear is a basic emotion. It can be bad or good. It’s fundamental responsibility is to warn of danger for our own protection and preservation. Often fear will even motivate us to protect someone else.
A little boy walked to school everyday. Everyday his mother was a fit of nerves. She called the school to make sure he had arrived safely. She timed his trip so she would know when to expect his return in the evening.
The school was located in a part of town where the drivers could not seem to read the sign on the side of the road that said “School Zone.” She had personally seen many speeding down the school road. She contacted the police so many times about speeders that they now viewed her as one of those “crazies.”
Finally she decided to take matters into her own hands. Every morning and every evening she parked her car close to the street crossing. With her black hair dryer in hand she opened the window and pointed it at each car as it neared the intersection. The effect was dramatic as her fear was transferred to the drivers who did not want to receive a speeding ticket.
Fear, can be good but it can become such an obsessive ever present emotion that it has a paralyzing affect in our life. Paul advised timorous Timothy concerning this when he wrote, “For God hath not give us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
Dr. Gayle Woods