Choosing Faith Over Fear

I have a confession. I absolutely love writing Christian suspense, but I do a much poorer job of dealing with suspense in real life.

With less than two months left in my pregnancy, I am finding daily opportunities to give my anxieties back to God. Whether it’s a pregnancy symptom that is worrying or discouraging me or just how much I have left to do before the baby arrives, I find myself with two choices: give in to worry or give it to God.

I wish I could say that I always choose the latter. Sometimes, I don’t, and then I have to repent of my sin of worry and cast it at His feet again. As I Peter 5:7 says, “casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (NKJV).

But sometimes, when I wake up in the middle of the night for the fifth time, my mind doesn’t default to trusting Jesus. The bottom line is that fear (the evil version of suspense, my definition, not Webster’s) wants to win. The one way I can fight it is by quoting what I know is true instead.

If you find yourself facing fear or waiting in suspense for something, I want to share the simplest verse from Psalms that reminds us that both fear and faith are a choice. And we get to choose. “When I am afraid, I will trust in You” (Psalm 56:3).

It’s not a matter of if but when fear might try to latch onto us. Join me in fighting it with truth and trust in the One who is always in control.

Do you have a favorite Scripture you remember when you’re feeling fearful?

~ Kristen