Do not fear the unsettledness....

It states consistently in scripture to “fear not” and that fear is not of the Lord, but I wonder in times when God is stretching your faith if it is so wrong to feel out of your comfort zone.


I have complete trust that God’s ways far exceed my own and that He holds my future and my passions in the palm of His hand and while I hand over control to His perfect will, I can’t help but often have an unsettled feeling within my gut of uneasiness. It’s only in honesty that I admit that trust is often difficult, often uncomfortable, and always a leap of faith beyond my own human understanding.

I beat myself up in confessing my concerns, being honest about my worries, and for acknowledging my unsettledness in the process of trust, but at the same time I wonder if I did not feel this way if it would really be real? Faith is a choice, trust is a choice—these two things do not come easily to our human nature and so the discomfort that I feel I have to forgive and realize that though I’m human, I am giving to God what is hard to do with these human hands.

I think that is the downfall to Christianity, we get under the mindset that once we give things over to God that life is just easy and that the feelings of doubt, concern, and discomfort are forever gone. It is undeniable that when we do give control over to God that the doubt, concern, and discomfort are also filled with peace because it is His control that brings us hope that there is safety and purpose. It is not easy by any means. Very rarely do the things that mean the most to us get simplified into the category of “easy.” It’s hard to hand over your passions, your desires, your wants, but God never said that faith was easy. He instead says to not fear, knowing that as humans we would constantly face this in our day to day lives.

Fear will come, there is no doubt about that, but the comfort we can take is that the Lord understands our human hearts and minds and He is patient and understanding, constantly reminding us to “fear not.” He says it over and over, not to beat us up for our weakness, but to encourage us and to consistently place in our minds his voice saying, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world (John 16:33).”