2332) As we look toward a new year, sometimes fear has a way of creeping in. Who will leave me? Who will die? What hurts will be chiseled into my soul?

Fear is an emotion that has a way of barging into our lives like a jolt of lightning. We don’t have much control over this feeling.

What we do have control over is what we acknowledge before, during and/or after we feel fear, and this is what we focus on.

The Bible uses the phrase do not fear or fear not between 70 to 90 times, depending on the translation you’re reading.

God is clearly not speaking to our feelings, over which we have little control. Instead, he tells us to trust him, despite how we feel.

Once these thought settle in our hearts and minds, our feelings will follow.

In 2026, fear not.