Oswald Chambers wrote, “All our fears are wicked, and we fear because we will not nourish ourselves in our faith. How can anyone who is identified with Jesus Christ suffer from doubt or fear! It ought to be an absolute psalm of perfectly irrepressible, triumphant belief.”[9] You weren’t meant to fear the things of this world. To fear what God controls is to doubt his goodness, but to be brave is to trust his omnipotence. Only your fear of God will overpower your fears that cripple and paralyze you.

Your life will attract whatever it fears. Fear failure, and you’ll find failure. Fear danger, and that’s what you will find all around you. Fear God, and you will find yourself in love with the best of beings and brave beyond belief. You attract, see, and are surrounded by whatever you fear, and that fear will color all of your other actions. But fear doesn’t have to be a bad thing—not for the Brave.

You can become one of the Brave. All it takes is a simple faith, even just the size of a mustard seed, in the God of the Bible. Your pain may linger, your trials may crush, but fear not, for God is with you. He’s been there all along; maybe you just haven’t noticed him or known enough about him. He is present to save you and to rescue you from this world. Can you trust him? Will you trust him today with your pain, your fear, and your suffering? If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. If that isn’t enough, then make a change today and start doing something for the brave in you. Start believing in the saving power of Christ not only for your salvation for heaven but also for your salvation through the fire.

When you put fear in the right place by rejecting the terrors of this world, you will soon find that nothing can separate you from the love of God: “neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:38–39 ESV). In this love the Brave find all the strength they need. Will you join the ranks of the Brave?

When you put fear into perspective, fearing the right thing and trusting all the rest to be within God’s control and will, then nothing can harm you. To become brave, turn your mind over to God, know him, become familiar with his ways, study his Word, and find out about his nature. Make all of this the most important stuff in your life, and you will be part of the Brave!