"All we have to fear is fear itself"

What is fear? The definition, "a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc," calls fear an emotion. However, the Bible tells us in 2 Timothy 1:7, "God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind." The Bible calls fear a spirit. What is that all about? I believe that all human behavior is spiritually based. Much of the behavior we see before us is based in fear. A spirit that all of us have had to deal with at one time in our lives or another. So what do we do with fear? We fight fear with faith and that is why God gave us 2 Timothy 1:7. The Word of God as explained in Ephesians 6 is the sword of truth given to us to fight the lies of the enemy. You see we are to walk by the Holy Spirit which provides us power to live successfully, love for ourselves, others and God, and a sound mind when the world is going crazy. He did not give us the spirit of fear but the Holy Spirit which is the Spirit of truth. Whenever you are tempted to fear you have to pick up the sword of truth and slice the lie apart by faith. The truth is that God is in control and He is able to protect at all times. There is no reason to fear for our Heavenly Father knows all things and will provide all we need. When my children started driving. I was tempted to fear that they would be in an accident. The enemy would throw all kinds of fearful and negative thoughts my way trying to get me to buy into the lie and fear. However, I would fight it with the word, especially 2 Timothy 1:7, speaking with my mouth, "God has not given us the spirit of fear...." And I would go back to sleep, knowing that only God can protect my children and that He is faithful and worthy to be trusted. Jesus tells us, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." We were given the Bible for a reason and that is that we would know the truth and live successfully. So, as Jesus often said, "FEAR NOT..."