There is a step of a personal journey that suggests we can place ourselves in the care of God. This is an acknowledgment that God can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. For many of us, this is uncharted territory; it is the chasm of the unknown. Fear may be in the way of our willingness to trust, but it has little foundation since we are talking about what may happen to go wrong in our future.
A few years ago someone put to me that FEAR is an acronym for “Future Events Appearing Real.” Another friend said it stands for “False Events Appearing Real.” Whatever the approach, we can get a general sense that future based fear is a condition of feeling controlled by phantom outcomes.
That being said, not all of us come at trust in the same way. Some of us jump from the high dives and others of us want to make sure the pool is a certain depth before we ever put our toe in the water.
To place ourselves in God’s care, we may need an immediate exercise in faith, or we may need to come awake to what fears are driving our decisions before we are willing to let go. Whichever option connects with you, this is where pausing to reflect on your fears and journaling them out can be helpful.
When we get the narrative of our fears on the page they seem to lose some of their power to hold us back.
If you are at crossroads in your personal journey or you struggle to place yourself in God’s care, then take a second to put your fears on the page and see where it takes you.
Your Friend,
Bill