Countless times in the Bible God calls us to not fear, but how many of us actually invest our lives completely in God? Fear controls people and their decisions many times will be based on the possibility of failure. How many Christians want safe Churches? Environments where they are in control and there are no challenges. We all heard sermons on if God is for us, then who could be against us, but how many of us actually take that in mind when we plan our futures. Why do we easily let fear drive our lives and not Christ? Is the Gospel something to be feared? I believe that God does not abandon us. I believe God has designed each and every one of us for a purpose. It is easy to waste time being paralyzed by fear, and it is difficult to actually be in a relationship with God. Faith is not meant to be easy. Faith is true belief.  Without confidence in the person God designed you to, you become nothing more than fear. Jesus commands us to not fear more than any other commandment. There is something to be said about this. Fear is and always has been a deterrent from faithfully following God. Worrying wastes time and places faith in your own ability and not your relationship with God. We can only control our actions for the present day. God will provide us with the strength for the challenges he puts in our way when the time comes. Worrying and being fearful never changes the outcome, but distracts people from true belief in God. I am not suggesting that people should not have plans, but those plans should be prayerfully thought out. We should be always in line with what God has planned for us and believe that he will provide for us.       

-Cory