Monday, August 31, 2009
Fear and Faith
Caleb and I were talking about this yesterday and I wanted to see what everyone else thought about it. As we were talking this came out, "Faith doesn't exist without fear." Here is a bit of prompting. Having the faith that we proclaim obviously isn't easy. There is something that holds us back from really acting on that faith. Acting in the way that God has called us to act. By acting i don't mean "doing the right thing", more along the lines of, acting in faith, or living in faith (hope this makes sense). When was the last time you acted in faith? So much so, you leaped out in faith and couldn't see the bottom, but had faith that God would catch you. So back to the original question. Does faith exist without fear?
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i'm not entirely sure i understand the distinction you're making between "doing the right thing" and "acting in faith."
ReplyDeleteBut Christ clearly commanded His disciples not to fear anyone or anything but God (Matt 10:28). Arguably then, maybe faith can't exist without some degree of the *fear of God.* But as a particular act of faith, we're required to get rid of fear of anything else.