Demystifying Fear: How to Deal with the Fear Factor.

Demystifying fear should be the mindset of everyone that aspires to greatness in life. Now let’s revisit this excerpt from my post ‘Bursting the fear bubble‘. “She would hold my hand and lead me through the thick darkness by the lonely path beside the three tomb epitaphs under the big mango tree. Graveyard silence pervades the serene atmosphere while the crickets sang their dirge. As if being led through the valley of the shadow of death I will follow her with a panting breath, while my mind raced within me. Then she would say don’t fear nothing is here. After she had ferried me across then would I be free from the torture of fear- fear of the imaginary monsters that would come out of the dark and swallow me?”

Fear is a slave master who once it captures you puts you in the abyss of mediocrity and torture. Fear really is nothing other than a figment of the imagination. It is a creation of the negative imagination. Moreover, fear is suicidal; it kills vision, aborts dreams, and truncates destinies. It is inimical to our conquest as it puts a limitation on our potential and frustrates all our efforts at conquest. The system we found ourselves in is such that the fearless dominate, while the fearful are subject to the rule of the fearless. The concept of fear is as old as man.

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid…and I hid myself, (Genesis 3:10).

The fear factor in man began with the fall of man, even at the sound of the voice of God his closest companion he became sore and afraid. Fear will make an individual fret, cry, worry, regret, shy away, and blame others when faced with adversity. A fearful person in the face of challenges does not want to take responsibility. Such individual does not want anyone to hold them responsible for, or be liable for, any failure. Instead of taking risks, he prefers to cut corners or remain in his comfort zone for fear of the unknown.

Moreover, in the midst of alternatives a fearful man will choose the easy way that leads to nowhere avoiding the hard way that leads to glory. Even our Lord Jesus has proven that the only way to glory is usually the hard way when he chose to go the way of the cross. Christ was rewarded and exalted in glory.

Demystifying fear entails dealing with the spirit of fear. Behind every fear is a spirit – the spirit of fear. This is the spirit that makes men feel inadequate in the face of the challenges of life. The spirit that wrought self-defeat in man in the face of adversity. It is also the spirit of self-pity that drives a man to a state of despair and hopelessness. The same spirit that makes men magnify their problems-the spirit of exaggeration.

You must guard against fear if you want to dominate in life. Demystifying fear enables you must to fearlessly challenge your challenges. In the attitude of fear, your success in life will be in jeopardy.

For when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side: without were fighting and within were fears, (2 Corinthians 7:5).

Fear is a lethal weapon targeted at the mind to inflict self-defeat within and affect the fighting attitude without. Fear as a manipulative force causes an effect on your disposition to the battles of times of adversity. This force of fear influences your fighting attitude. In times of adversity, your attitude is of utmost importance for your conquest. Categorically stated, your conquest in adversity is all about attitude.

Nevertheless, walking in fear or fighting your battles in fear is suicidal. Under such circumstances, you see every challenge or battle of life as hopeless. And with such a mindset, you conclude that not even God could salvage your situation.

I can do all things through Christ that strengthen me, (Philippians 4:13)).

This statement is in two parts. The first part is for you to believe in your ability because by your make-up you have everything it takes to overcome. The second part is for you to trust in the supernatural ability of God to overcome. However, there are two actions that will spell doom for you, and even cause you to make a shipwreck in time of adversity, the first is for you not to believe in yourself, and the second is for you not to trust God for your conquest in such time of adversity.

The attitude of fear is inimical to conquest in adversity because every attempt at conquest will be foisted by the opposing force of fear. Thank God I was able to outgrow my childhood fears through the help of my grandma. You too can overcome your fears. There is nothing to fear about your fears, so you must demystify your fears. Fear is nothing, yet it is suicidal. Final warning, demystify fears or your fear will deal with you