Fear and Faith

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid.  What can mere mortals do to me?” – Psalms 56:3,4 Have you ever recognized that both fear and faith are, at their core, the same thing? They truly are. The only real difference is that while both are beliefs—they are just pointed in opposite directions. Fear is the belief that something bad will happen, while faith is the belief that something good is on the way. Put simply, faith is the expectation of good things to come. It’s the conviction that the best is yet to arrive. Faith means trusting in God’s Word, even when your circumstances suggest otherwise. In contrast, fear is the belief that the worst is yet to come. For example, fear is believing that your marriage is destined to fail, that your church