Fear Nothing

If there is anyone who teaches us to trust
and not to fear, it is this woman,
Mother Teresa, who drew her strength
daily from the Lord.

Our faith in Jesus fully relies in our belief that He lived and died for our sins; that He died in atonement for our sins.  If we do not believe that He died for us, to save us, to give us eternal life, to come for us the sinners, than what do we even believe?  We believe in vain, if we do not believe that.  When we believe that, we have to believe in His limitless mercy, and His immense love for us.  He loves us, but only we can accept Him into our hearts.  We are not slaves to Him, He is not our master, but our friend (John 15).  Once we accept this relationship with Him, it makes it much harder to sin, because we think of His love for us, we think of how much our sin hurts and offends Him, and how it pulls us away from Him.  

If we truly commit ourselves to our beliefs, to our Love of Jesus, to our faith in His mercy and compassion for us, we begin to fear less.  Our anxieties will fall away, because we know He is always there.  We can't hide from Him if we fall to sin, instead we must run back to Him more rapidly than ever!  It is humiliating, it is, to show Him openly all our sins, but if we hide them away inside of ourselves they will get the best of us, they will tell us we aren't worth such love, that we aren't worth such joy, that we do not deserve to be children of God.  But God doesn't think that, He just wants us to remain in Him, as He remains in us. Once we let Jesus into our heart, once we let Him transform us, we can't fear the daily earthly troubles.  We die to Him, we recognize that we are not in control of the reigns, that He will calm the stormy waters while we await in the rocky boat, that He will keep us safe. Fear nothing, love Christ, live without fear...Christ will be our strength.