The bible has many triumphant stories of overcoming fear. Some we tend to overlook the depth of them, because we see it from the end backward, and fail to see when they went through the circumstance it was just like us, from where we are into the unknown.
Even in Genesis Chapter 4 when Cain murders Able, Cain does ask God if his sin was to great for Him to forgive? God not only forgave Cain, but also placed a seal on him so he and everyone else would know God was with Him.
Look closely, God sent Cain out into the world, among all the perils it had, and instructed Cain to trust Him that His seal was protection enough for Cain's life. Cain, by his own account was in fear for his life from every man he could encounter, however he was to trust God fully for the protection of his life. Even tho Cain had sinned, God, in perfect Love, gave Cain the courage to go forth and build a city, turned nothing into a productive place to sustain life and community. Here is a man who could have feared at every corner he turned, yet found the courage in God's perfect Love, to encounter people after he once feared every man, and to work with them to build a city.
Just think of the amount of trust in God and God's perfect Love Cain must have had. If God will do this for a former murderer, one who thumbed his finger in the face of God, one who had messed up in his ways, won't he do the same and more for you, one who says LORD, help my unbelief!
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