What Is the Treatment for Fear?

Have you ever ever spent hours, days, and even months worrying about one thing that, in the long run, by no means occurred? The thinker Montaigne mentioned, “My life has been crammed with horrible misfortune, most of which by no means occurred.”

We will all relate to that assertion as a result of we’re susceptible to worrying about issues that by no means really occur. A examine was completed the place members had been requested to write down down all of the issues they had been frightened about, and in the long run, 85% of what they wrote down by no means occurred. And for the stuff that did occur, it did not really end up as badly as they’d made it out to be. I am unable to let you know what number of instances I’ve ruined a wonderfully good time as a result of I bought frightened. I began considering, “What if one thing ‘clean’ occurs?”

Stress and anxiousness are nothing new. King Solomon talked about this actual factor in Ecclesiastes 2:22-25 when he says, 

“What do folks get for all of the toil and anxious striving with which they labor beneath the Solar? All their days, their work is grief and ache, and even at evening, their minds don’t relaxation. This, too, is meaningless.
An individual may do nothing higher than eat and drink and discover satisfaction in their very own toil. This, too, I see, is from the hand of God. With out him, who can eat or discover enjoyment?”

Solomon is saying, in its easiest phrases, to sit back out just a little and be taught to take pleasure in life. Life might be troublesome, there isn’t a doubt about that, nevertheless it’s additionally crammed with a number of great things. Time spent with household, hobbies, and possibly even elements of your work are gratifying, however there isn’t any level ruining the nice instances by worrying in regards to the unhealthy instances.

We have to be taught to be current and benefit from the second proper now. There may be nothing mistaken with having fun with life. I imagine having fun with the life God gave us is definitely a type of gratitude.

I find it irresistible when my daughter tells me “thanks” for one thing I’ve given her, however what actually will get me excited is seeing her having fun with and enjoying with one thing I gave her. I feel our Heavenly Father is similar. Paul really talked to Timothy in regards to the significance of placing our hope in God, who richly gives us with all the pieces to take pleasure in.

So might we be those that refuse to let fear and concern about what may go mistaken damage our capability to benefit from the good issues God has given us proper right here and now. And there is a entire lot to be pleased about. Let’s concentrate on these issues.

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