Have you ever known someone with more fears than me? I would venture to say you have not. It is my fear that keeps me from greater closeness with Jesus. It is my fear that keeps me from communing with Him as I so desire to do.

Will you join me in condemning fear? Jesus did not give us a spirit of timidity—but of power, love, and sound judgment (2 Timothy 1:7). I can sometimes fear that I am not solidified enough in who I am, or that I will be swept away down a foolish path. But I put my faith in Jesus, who has led me out of every pit. I put my faith in Him that He would redeem me from anything that comes upon me, or any ways I am misled. He is the Shepherd who goes after the one lost sheep—and that lost little sheep is me.

I don’t fear losing my salvation because Jesus is my Shepherd. He has promised me eternal life. And, that is the future I have. I don’t fear being lost to sin, because I have a Shepherd who plucks me from the grip of the enemy. I don’t fear that I will develop a wrong pattern of thinking that will alienate me from God. For, Jesus is my perfect, never-failing intermediary with the Father. And Jesus straightens my paths—even my paths of thought. Isn’t He good? May I not be the queen of fears anymore. Amen.

With Jesus, I don’t need to fear.