A converted fear…

We often fear the wrong thing. For example, in Matthew 8:23-28, the disciples started out fearing the storm. However, by the end of the passage, their fear was converted.

“And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, ‘Save us, Lord; we are perishing.’ And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?’ Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, ‘What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?’” (Matthew 8:23–27 ESV)

See it? The disciples started out fearing the storm and they converted to fearing Jesus.

Fact is, that’s what happens when we really see Jesus for who He is. 

It’s what happens when God moves and works. 

It’s what happens when the power of the Holy Ghost comes on us. 

We stop fearing finances and people and failure and _____________. We start fearing God more than we fear the obstacles and challenges in front of us.

Take death for example; it IS a fearful thing. However, when we really see Him who kills death – when we really do understand Jesus IS the resurrection and the life – we start fearing Him MORE than the fear death. We get converted to a greater, more righteous, more productive, more fruitful fear.

It would be healthy for us to take honest stock of our fears, and ask God to do something about them. What would be more healthy would be converting our fears to fearing God more than any one fear or the combination of them all.