v. to be anxious about a particular event or situation
I fear not being good enough. I'm not one of those depressive people that tries to hog everyones attention and focus on my flaws, but sometimes I really do find myself struggling with the question of "am I good enough". It's not until I take the focus off of myself and zoom in on Christ that I can truly start feeling better about myself.
The bible talks a lot about fear. In fact, there is one devotional book that talks specifically about fearing less, and over at Thoughts of Elizabeth Pangalangan, Elizabeth has been posting each devotional right onto her blog. My all time favorite verse that deals with fear can be found in Psalm 27. This verse asks the simple question "whom shall I fear". When we look back at scriptures like Romans 8:31 and Jeremiah 17:7, we can be that much more at peace with the fact that as long as we are walking with Christ, we have nothing to fear!
Here's a great quote for you: “Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” I absolutely hate trying to do something I'm afraid to do. But once I do them, more often than not I find I like doing them, and tend to want to do them again. Like when I first started leading worship in Driven. I was terrified to sing and play in front of all those people for the first time. But now that I've done it...well... just try to stop me!
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