“Fear causes us to hide in the face of change, and it leads to living a reactive rather than constructive life.”

A thought by Leonard Sweet, (2012-03-13) in his book, Viral: How Social Networking Is Poised to Ignite Revival (p. 10). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

My wife, Margaret has changed jobs and in that we have changed locations. Now for some the thought of changing jobs and then changing locations brings great anxiety into their life. They will do everything they can to make sure they don’t have to change. They haven’t found yet that change can be their friend, not their enemy.

I’m reading right now though the Gospels in the New Testament and I was reading today an amazing story in Luke. Jesus was walking in a crowd and a woman touched Him and she was healed of a physical problem she had had for 12 years. She decided she was tired of the problem and she wanted a change. Jesus knew something had happened and He asked, “Who touched me?” and with fear she told Him and all those people what had happened. Jesus then said, “Daughter, you took a risk trusting me, and now you’re healed and whole. Live well, live blessed!”

This lady decided to not live in a reactive way to her circumstances but to do something in a constructive way to make her life better. She didn’t let her fear of risking but she trusted and look what happened.

So what is it in your life that fear is holding you back from experiencing?

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