{"id":47918,"date":"2021-09-04T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=47918"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:05:45","slug":"overcome-the-spirit-of-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/overcome-the-spirit-of-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcome the Spirit of Fear With This Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you want to know how to overcome the spirit of fear? What advice can help you do this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her book <em>Get Out of Your Head<\/em>, Jennie Allen looks at common mental battles people face. One of these battles is to overcome the spirit of fear, which can be achieved by learning to deal with anxiety and surrendering your fears to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overcome the spirit of fear with Allen&#8217;s advice below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overcome the Spirit of Fear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s essential to overcome the spirit of fear, as living in fear will lead you to a perpetual state of anxiety, robbing you of peace and poisoning your view of God\u2019s providence and goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In this mental battle, your enemy is fear<\/strong>, which leads you to believe that God isn\u2019t actually in control of the world and your life. Fear\u2019s lie is that you can\u2019t trust God to take care of your future. This lie is fueled by the question \u201cWhat if?\u201d What if this person hurts me? What if my children die? The stress brought on by this fear is both psychologically and physically debilitating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overcome the spirit of fear by <em>surrendering<\/em><\/strong>. This involves an attitude of total trust in God\u2019s goodness, power, and provision, which will help you overcome the spirit of fear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fear\u2019s lie is that you can\u2019t trust God to take care of your future. <\/strong>This lie is fueled by the question \u201cWhat if?\u201d There are infinite variations on it. For instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What if this person hurts me like the last person I trusted?<\/li><li>What if my spouse betrays me?<\/li><li>What if my children die horribly?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The effects of believing this lie aren\u2019t just psychological. We actually suffer a negative, stress-filled physiological response to these mental-emotional \u201cwhat if\u201d fears, such as the panic attack that the author once experienced when she was safely at home with her family. To defeat it, she paid attention to her body (see the strategy section below) and let its distress\u2014her chest felt so tight she couldn\u2019t breathe\u2014lead her to the buried \u201cwhat if\u201d from the enemy that was driving it: <em>What if I fail in my ministry? What if I\u2019m not enough?<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;This is why it&#8217;s so essential to overcome the spirit of fear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Overcome the Spirit of Fear<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The truth you need to overcome the spirit of fear is that God controls every day of your life. <\/strong>Jesus tells us that \u201cthe very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don\u2019t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows\u201d (Luke 12:7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>God always gives you what you need, when you need it. <\/strong>You can see this in Jesus\u2019s parable of the flowers: \u201cConsider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!\u201d (Luke 12:27-28).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The huge majority of what we worry about\u201490 percent or more\u2014isn\u2019t even real.<\/strong> Most of our fears are simply reflex actions by our minds, which exaggerate and misperceive things to weave a fog of baseless anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corrie ten Boom\u2019s classic book <em>The Hiding Place<\/em> tells of how the author and her family hid Jews from the Nazis until they themselves were sent to a concentration camp. At one point in the book, ten Boom recalls how when she was a girl and traveling to Amsterdam with her father, he always waited until right before they boarded the train to hand her ticket to her. She said he once told her that this was like God, who always supplies our needs at the right moment. He told her that even though some of the family would inevitably end up dying, God would provide the strength she would need at the very moment when she needed it. (Shortform note: To learn more about how ten Boom\u2019s unshakeable Christian faith compelled her to rescue her Jewish neighbors during the Holocaust, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-hiding-place\">read our summary of The Hiding Place<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the case of ten Boom highlights, we should bear in mind that<strong> God\u2019s control doesn\u2019t mean nothing bad will ever happen.<\/strong> Sometimes your fears may come true\u2014illness, betrayal, financial crisis, and so on. But this doesn\u2019t change God or the fact that he\u2019s your unfailing hope.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case of the author\u2019s friend Jackie, who tried unsuccessfully for years to get pregnant, also illustrates this point. Jackie was profoundly encouraged in this trial when the author and other Christian friends began praying, supporting, and believing for her\u2014not believing specifically that God would give her a baby, but simply believing God on Jackie\u2019s behalf <em>regardless of what might happen<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Choose to Surrender<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The way you overcome the spirit of fear and its lie that you can\u2019t trust God is by surrendering your fears to God. <\/strong>The core tool for defeating \u201cWhat ifs?\u201d is simply the answer \u201cBecause God.\u201d God trumps every fearful speculative \u201cwhat if.\u201d You literally don\u2019t have to worry. God provides for us (Matthew 6:25-34), loves us (Romans 5:5), and chooses us (Ephesians 3:16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some specific strategies for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-surrender-eckhart-tolle\/\">how to surrender<\/a> your fears to God and overcome the spirit of fear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Paul\u2019s detailed advice in Philippians 4:6-7. <\/strong>Refuse to be anxious. Instead, choose to be grateful. Pray to God throughout the day for what you need. Choose to focus your thoughts on what\u2019s true, noble, pure, and lovely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When you feel insecure and afraid, keep asking yourself, \u201cWhat\u2019s <\/strong><strong><em>really real<\/em><\/strong><strong>?\u201d Keep returning to the fact that it\u2019s God,<\/strong> which means any apparent threat is ultimately unreal. Dwell on the fact that when you let yourself \u201cspin out\u201d with fear, you\u2019re unconsciously vying for God\u2019s role. Remember: You aren\u2019t omniscient or omnipotent. Refuse to fall into the trap of stressing over what to actually <em>do<\/em>, how to solve a situation. You aren\u2019t in control. God is. And this is wonderful! Your job is simply to use his power to tear down mental strongholds in the form of lies about yourself and him.<strong>Pay attention to your body, <\/strong>just like the author did to defuse her panic attack. Notice your body\u2019s current state, especially any symptoms of anxiety, such as tension, a tight chest, a headache, or a racing pulse. Carefully trace these in your subjective experience to see if toxic thoughts might be causing them. Use any of the strategies and tools described above to reprogram these thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to know how to overcome the spirit of fear? What advice can help you do this? In her book Get Out of Your Head, Jennie Allen looks at common mental battles people face. 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