The Spirit of Fear

What If I Fail?

That’s a question that I ask myself a lot—actually too much. If you converse with this thought, which is most likely from a tormenting spirit of fear and not your own thought, it will take you down a dark wormhole where light and love do not exist.

Fear is a form of blindness. I know when I am in fear, I can’t see an answer. Nothing good is on the radar. I feel like I am groping in darkness, a failure.

Fear is covering up something that satan does not want me to see. The devil actually fears us, and he is desperate to keep us void of hope and faith. He implants “worse case scenarios” in our imaginations. These false imaginations become the birthing ground for fear to grow.

The answer, turn fear into a breakthrough. Ask Holy Spirit what is this spirit of fear trying to hide that it fears I will see? What is it masking? It is creating a false reality designed to stagnate and paralyze me.

I only need to take some time in the presence of the Lord and re-engineer the fear into what God is saying is my future. The fear is veiling the very key to my success. Reality is subjective and therefore subject to the individual who is experiencing it. Reality, like the brain, has plasticity and can be transformed. This is clearly what the Bible states. Rom. 12:1-2

Okay, but what if I don’t succeed? What if I look foolish? Even so, embracing the possibility of failure is a winning mindset. This takes the wind out the sails of the spirit of fear. Failing is not the same as being a failure, it simply means the outcome wasn’t what I expected. Fear expects failure, but faith anticipates blessing. So even if I fail, that does not make me a failure, there is a blessing in the failure. Isaiah 45:3 “I will give you the treasures of the darkness…”.

“We are born with only two fears—falling and loud noises. The rest is learned.” - Dr. Murphy

What is learned can be unlearned.

Every success story includes obstacles and setbacks. If I let fear keep me from facing them, failure can settle into my life like furniture no one notices anymore always there, taking up space.

What to remember: You are not a failure. God is repositioning you. That sense of failure is a veil hiding who you really are and what God wants you to do.

Bonus reminders of folks who removed the veil:

Thomas Edison (Inventor): Edison is said to have made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When asked about it, he retorted, "I didn't fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps".

Walt Disney was fired for a “lack of imagination”.

Colonel Sanders (KFC Founder): He didn't franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken until he was 65, after being told "no" over 1,000 times.

Dr. Seuss: His first book was rejected by 27 different publishers.