Teach From Love: A School Year Devotional For Families Sample

No Limits

Panphobia is the fear of everything. Individuals who have this disorder can experience feelings of anxiety and panic as a result of every passing thing. They often go years without leaving their homes due to fear of the unknown in the world around them. This impedes their ability to have normal relationships or hold jobs; their overcautiousness limits what they are able or willing to do. Imagine if the ten Boom family had been too afraid to hide Jews in their home. What if the Wright brothers hadn’t been bold enough to attempt to build a flying machine?

In Ecclesiastes 11, King Solomon warns that being too consumed with watching the wind prevents people from planting their fields (for fear the wind will blow the seeds away). He also observes that if farmers are overly concerned with the clouds in the sky and worried about whether or not it will rain, they will never reap what they’ve sown. Fear is the ultimate straightjacket, but when we allow God to fill us with His power, love, and boldness, there are no limits to our abilities.

Today, consider:

Who do you think has lived a fearless life and why?  When was a time that fear kept you from doing something God called you to do? 

Lord, help me to recognize fear and acknowledge it as satan’s way to put boundaries on God’s people.