Fear!

FEAR HAS TORMENT…

I am afraid of the dark

I am afraid of what I cannot see

Make all the shadow flee paralyzed by fear,

I am still

I am afraid of the unknown

I search inside to find the will

I move forward on my own

For so long I thought I was alone

I was afraid of what I couldn't see

Until I learned I was wrong

I let go of the fear and let it be

I found the light I was looking for

It was with me all along

Inside myself there is a door

To the one upon the throne

He walks with me though the darkness

I need not see what lies ahead

I need not fear what’s in the future

I need not feel the dread

He’s my light and my redeemer,

He shows me the way to go,

Through the fire and darkness

I will not go alone

Jesus loves me and my fear are gone

He light the pathways

I am to travel

I will trust in Him and keep on,

I will watch my fears unravel

“whom then shall I fear”

Although, we all know that fear is a negative emotion, somehow it has become part of out existence.

Many people live everybody of their lives with this unpleasant,
crippling emotion, which has resulted in various kinds of emotional disorders:
“Anxiety disorder”

Depressive disorder, behavior disorder and personality disorder.

Almost anything makes people fearful these days.

While some are afraid of situation such as social rejection,
failure, unknown future and happening around them, some are scared of creatures

Such as cockroaches, spider, snakes and dogs

Some are afraid of fellow human beings, who they consider powerful,

Deadly and mischievous because of their political influence, social status,

Criminal minds or evil make-up, and yet other are fearful of even nature in all its beauties.

Fear has varying degree,

It varies from mild caution to extreme phobia and paranoia,

It may manifest as mere anxiety over something or as an extremely strong dislike or dread for something, resulting in anxiety disorder.

This later degree of fear, which is irrational and disabling, is called “Phobia”. Clinical psychologies have identify different kind of phobia, and some very wide are include:

Ablutophobia: fear of bad things, washing/clearing,

Aquaphobia: fear of water,

Gamophobia: fear of getting married

Decidophobia: fear of making decision,

Ergophobia: fear of work/or the work place,

Cherophobia: fear of happiness

These phobias, of cause paralyze a person’s life and well as his relationship with people. Perhaps the widest and the most gripping phobia is

Prosophobia: fear of progress

Little wonder scriptures says: fear hath trumpet (1^st John 4 vs 18)