No Fear! I’ve seen it on bumper stickers and ad slogans.

Then there’s the old saying, there’s nothing to fear but fear itself.

I had someone ask me if it was safe to go to Kenya right now, and does it scare me?
I chuckled under my breath as I remembered the words of a pastor from Dominican Republic chuckle when he was asked the same thing about coming to his country… “I don’t know, was it safe for the Apostle Paul to go back to Jerusalem??”

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not the Mr Macho type. But really, is there anywhere safer than in the center of God’s care as you seek to do something for His kingdom?

As I was sitting in church today, the words of the apostle Paul came to my mind -Phil 1:20-22 “For me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain”.

If we truly believe this, then we should go in confidence and there should be no fear in anything that we encounter, whether in America or Africa, or to the uttermost parts of the earth. I am excited to be going and I know God will grow me on this trip and bring opportunities to share Christ’s love with others.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Is there anything in your life that God is asking you to step out in faith and trust Him for, putting aside your fears??