Fear according
to the dictionary has been defined as ‘a distressing emotion aroused by
impending danger, evil, pain etc whether the threat is real or imagined’. I don’t
want to agree with the majority of people who believe fear is negative.
I
believe fear can be negative and it can be positive it all depends on how you
apply it. I mean most religions talk about a fear i.e. a reverential awe
especially towards God so fear shouldn’t be deemed negative per say.
If we are honest with ourselves we would appreciate
the fact that fear is an instinct that is inherent in us as humans but hasn’t been
harnessed in the right way and we have not allowed it guide us in the positive
light. Most times fear has guided us in the negative light which is why
generally fear is looked at as a negative state and not the other way round. In
fact I know of a set of people that are so certain fear is negative that they
would rather not use the word ‘fear’ but feel more comfortable using other
synonyms of ‘fear’ so they don’t come across as exhibiting a lack of faith i.e.
uneasy, concerned, panic, phobia, distress, dread, anxious, shock etc.
Ok so you ask me what the positive side of fear is.
Now let’s look closely at the definition one more
time... ‘a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain etc
whether the threat is real or imagined’. The active part in play in this
definition which causes fear to arise in YOU is an impending danger, evil, or pain. This means at the point before
fear arises, you have been notified of
a threat to harm you irrespective of the fact that it could be real or imagined.
Now let’s talk on the imagined threat. The fact that the
notification you are working with could be imagined and I stand corrected means
it is either of two things
1. That the notification
is from your spirit and the simplest way I can explain ‘from your spirit’ especially if you are not a Christian is that you
just know that you know that you know (×100 %) that danger is
approaching and so this kind of imagined threat translates to a real threat
because everything which happens in the physical has either been dealt with or
left unaddressed in the spiritual. This is because we are spirit beings whether
you accept it or not. Ok so let’s drop church for a bit! Lol.
2. That the notification you are working with comes from
other sources that are questionable. Now,
because of its questionable nature you find that generally people walk
themselves into a very deep box with a ladder being provided to climb out from
the box but ironically the fear has so blinded their eyes that they don’t see the
ladder. They therefore remain in the box for a very long time and become
limited from exploring what is outside of the box. I guess this is where the
acronym FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL (F.E.A.R) comes into play. This is where
to talk faith but for now I don’t want to talk about Nos. 2 but on Nos.1 which
is more certain in the sense that harm is really going to come to you.
Many times we are faced
with situations in our homes, offices, with friends and relations. We may be lured
to act in a certain way or do a wrong in the hidden because we are not being
watched. Excuses can be given or justifications may have already been provided
to serve as evidence if eventually the wrong is uncovered. But I beg to say that
warning signals of an impending danger, evil or pain which may occur if you
decide to be lured are made available to each of us at every given time if we
are truly observant. The warning signals
are wrapped up in the emotion of fear, if you like you may call it that ‘inner caution’ but it is fear all the
same. The threat at this point may not
be real but it is imagined and if it falls under Nos.1 then you can take it to
the bank because you will know that you know that you know (×100%)
that harm will come your way if you don’t allow fear to guide you in the
positive light.
So Let us now look at the example of a fire. Fire has its good side and has its bad side.
Fire burns no doubt but fire also refines. While the refiner is pleased to put
a piece of metal into fire to refine it, the refiner will be the first to run
away from the fire if he calculates that an explosion is about to take place
which would burn his dear skin. This is because fire is not meant for the skin.
It will burn...fire burns and it will disfigure you! Ok so you are in a
situation where you have been given information from your spirit that an impending
danger is approaching and your spirit tells you it is one that would burn you
and fear rises in you. Do you run or do you talk faith?
The positive side of fear says run....
...there is always a better way
