Fear is not okay.
It isn’t to be tolerated or accepted.
It is like a warning light on the dashboard. If left unaddressed it results in poor decisions and a chronically unstable and unhappy personality. See the list below.
Fear can lead to:
Abortion
Academic Failure
Alcoholism
Bullying
Cheating
Codependency
Crime
Drug Abuse
Eating Disorders
Hypochondria
Impulsivity
Ignorance
Intimidation
Lying
Manipulating Others
Mass Formation Psychosis
Mental Illness
Murder
Panic Attacks
Physical Illness
Pornography
Poverty
Promiscuity
Racism
Rage
Shame
Shyness
Slavery
Suicide
Theft
Unemployment
War
Feel free to add to the list in the comments below.
But it doesn’t have to. . .
…for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)
Some spiders are pretty cute, actually.
Growing up I was very shy and with that came a lot of fear. This verse changed my life. When I became aware that God did not give us fear, I realized it was the devil that uses fear to keep us from enjoying the life the Lord has set before us.