Making Decisions Out of Fear, Part 1 (TMF:2197)

Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Peace to Live By: Making Decisions Out of Fear, Part 1 (TMF:2197) - Daniel Litton
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       Sometimes in our lives, we feel we need to make a decision about something ‘for fear that’ if we don’t, we will somehow lose it. But what I have found to be true over the years is that decisions made out of fear simply don’t work. In other words, if we are approaching making a choice while standing on the ground of fear, that decision will be one we come to regret later. We can take a certain job because we are afraid something better won’t come along; we can sell our prized possession because we are afraid we won’t have the money we need and would rather see it in the bank. Fear makes us do stupid things. It causes us to make dumb choices. Inside of ourselves, we are instructed not to be living by fear. Rather, when fear has been passed by, that empowers us. That is when we can see love for what it is and even start to exercise our self-control. Making choices out of fear is not coming from either of these areas. It’s not coming from love because love doesn’t come out of fear. Perfect love expels and repels fear.