Jesus said, 'Get up, pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around.' (John 5:8)Jesus asks us to face our fears, to hold in our hands and look in the eye that which paralyses our lives. It is quite a heavy task for many because there is always that instinct in us to defend ourselves from hurt and failure. So, very often, we just set aside these fears, hoping to pacify them; thinking that if we don't mind them, they will magically lose their power over us.
Paradoxically, though, the more we don't face them, the more they become monsters seeping us of energy and draining us of our joy.
Jesus tells us to face them, but face them with the power of Jesus. That is the secret. Alone we are weak, but with Him by our side, our monsters lose their power.
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