Here’s the thing. Everywhere we turn as followers of Christ, we face a crossroads of fear and faith. The world around us and our culture threaten harm, pain and failure. 

But when we focus on Christ and tune out the noise, we realize through the promises in His Word that He will protect us. 

Does this mean that we are immune to harm and pain? Unfortunately, no. But it does mean that we can approach God through prayer and ask Him to remove the grip that fear might have over us. And He even goes so far as to give us folks like Tom Petty and my Dad to remind us that even though there is a lot of bad out there, most of the things we fear never happen to us anyways.

Social media only seems to fuel the fear. There isn’t a day that my feeds aren’t flooded with a million and one terrifying headlines, scenerios, theories, accusations and “what-if’s”. But God tells us in His word not to listen to those things that threaten our security in Him. (John 14:27) That we shouldn’t allow the fear and anxiety to cause us to lose sight of Him who is the source of our un-worldly peace. 

When we spend too much time worrying about tomorrow, we are going to miss out on what God is calling us to today!

My challenge for you this week is this. When you feel fear or anxiety creeping in, I want your to picture my Dad asking you a simple question:

“What would Tom Petty tell you?” 

Then remind yourself of my answer:

“Most things I worry about never happen anyways”