What are you afraid of?
What keeps you up at night?
Fear can terrorize us. It can prevent us from accomplishing things. It can destroy relationships. So, what is the antidote for fear?
Love.
Love drives out fear. I don’t fear my wife because I know she loves me. We know God loves us, too. This drives out fear. We don’t have to fear tomorrow because God loves us and said He will provide. We don’t have to fear death because Jesus’ love on the cross overcame it. We don’t have to fear the authorities of the world because they can’t separate us from Jesus.
One of the saddest stories I hear from pastors are from when they were visiting church members on their deathbeds and the member asks,