When Love Knocks Fear Fails

Lately I've had the privilege to get to know a very special person. He and I have gone through crazy things together. We've had high stress times and lots of fear buttons pushed. Along the way I have really noticed that fears really cause people to not act like themselves. In a matter of seconds the switch flips, BAM!! It's like this alarm inside goes off; people kick into survival mode, get aggressive or totally shut down hiding in their preverbial shell. Why do we as humans act like that?

More and more I see that a past experience, one of injury, certain belief or trauma, keep people stuck in their soul in that old place. This throws up a wall, this fortress of mistrust and defenses. The fear usually pops up once again, maybe a few days later, perhaps years down the road when similar situations come around again. I personally don't like that very much.

The acronym for fear is

False
Evidence
Appearing
Real

Fear is never true!! The only way fears can become true is if we agree with them and give them power.

One day, a friend of mine told me that when that same fear shoots up again inside, it can actually be an opportunity to grow past it. Now I've heard of overcoming fears before and have done crazy things in my life for the sake of "overcoming fear," however, he suggested that when we feel fear often it is Love Himself coming to fill our hearts. It's like this, when Love come around our hearts have a choice of how we respond. All the places that work great open up and enjoy! The places that are griped with defenses will react in what they are rooted in. I imagine these little soldiers in the fortress of "self defense" and "self preservation" yelling out, "IN COMING!!!!!! Man your stations!" Because the fortresses of fear are rooted in fear the reaction to the "invader," Love, is fear! At this moment we all have a choice to make. We can A) push Love back, keeping the fortress doors tightly shut OR we can choose B) open up to the truth of Love, experiencing healing.

Knowing this principles has really changed my life!! Now I know when fear blows up in my soul, I can let Love in. That means I don't run, harden, push back or react, but let Jesus (Perfect Love) know He can replace the fear with His love. Often times Love loves on me through that very special person who I've been walking out these crazy situations with. Sometimes all it takes is saying,"I'm afraid, because of ____ and ____, but I choose to believe the truth of Love. Help!" Simple, but effective!

Thanks for reading!