Why should we fear when we are in our Father's hands?

Why should we fear when we are in our Father's hands?
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One boy seemed to be a bit dull.

I asked him, "Any trouble?"

He said that he was afraid of the upcoming exam.

That fear didn't seem reasonable to me because the exam was not going to do any harm to him.

If he was well prepared why should he fear the exam?

Sometimes we fear unnecessarily, imagining things that will never cross our way.

"Fear not Abram! I am your shield” (Gen 15:1).

God says these words to us also.

Even a new born baby is not afraid of anything when it is in the hands of its mother.

Why should we fear anything when we are in the hands of Almighty God.

There may be moments in our life when we  will have to stand up and fight and also moments when we will have to flee.

In both the moments we should not fear.

Suppose we are tempted to leave our parents to their fate and go our way to escape from financial burden, we must fight against such a temptation and get ourselves ready to meet any problem that may arise while keeping them with us.

We need not fear the upcoming problems because God is with us to solve them.

But when we are tempted against the sixth and the ninth commandment we must take to flight without waiting for a fraction of a second.

Here no fight, but escape from the situation.

This is not out of fear but Prudence.

We must avoid situations that may lead us to sin.

Reason dictates that we should flee the evils that we cannot withstand.

Suppose our life is threatened by the enemies of the Church,
what should we do?

We must remember the words of our Lord Jesus:
 
"And there is no need to fear those who kill the body, but have no means of killing the soul; fear him more, who has the power to ruin body and soul in hell.” (Matt 10:28).

We need not be afraid of those who can take away our life,  because they cannot take away our soul.

Our soul is under the protection of its Creator and the moment it leaves our body it will be in His hands.

So we need not be afraid of those who can only separate our soul from our body.

We should fear God whom we will have to lose for ever in case we obey His enemies for fear of death.

The fear for God is only filial fear, born of love, that is, fear of losing our loving Father by committing sin.

We should free ourselves from the silly fears for things that can only harm the body, not our soul.

For instance illness can do some harm only to our body.

So we need not fear when we happen to suffer from some physical trouble.

We can turn it into a blessing by offering it to God.

To give another instance, a student, waiting for the results for the already written exam, may have some fears as to the nature of the results.

Pass or fail are the only possibilities.

We won't have any fear if we are ready to accept any possibility as God's will.

Why should we fear when we are in our Father's hands?

Lourdu Selvam.

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