Rewriting FearSample

When the Bible speaks of our heart, it doesn’t mean our anatomical heart, which beats and pumps blood through our body. It refers, rather, to the metaphysical centre of who we are. The heart is the place from which our being, our awareness, hopes and desires are all birthed. It is the place from which we believe, and what we believe determines how we behave. From this place inside ourselves, we truly worship.

Jesus alone is our source of truth. He alone can authoritatively give our heart what it needs. He alone can legitimately instruct us on what we should believe. We were made to worship Him and to find peace and fulfilment in following Him. When Jesus says, “do not let your hearts be troubled,” He exercises spiritual insight and authority into our human condition. 

Fear and lies go hand-in-hand. Our enemy, the devil, loves to lie to us and leave us feeling insecure and afraid. When confronted with fear we must go to Jesus, seeking to hear the truth He speaks authoritatively over our fears, letting His truth disarm the lies that we have taken into our heart. Then, we need to be brave and walk in faith, to take action, demonstrating that we believe God’s truth over the lies of the enemy.

Jesus acknowledges the importance of our heart and empathises with what it means to be human. He understands what it means to experience uncertainty, temptation, insecurity, fear and anxiety. So, when He says, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me”, He is showing us where to find peace for our weary heart and inviting us into a place of rest under His sovereign authority.