For the invitation song tonight at church we sang “Bring Christ Your Broken Life.”  This hymn seems to be a favorite among the brotherhood as I found when I tried searching for it on the internet.

While paying attention to the lyrics I this particular lyric struck a cord with me

Bring him the haunting fears
the nameless dread
thy heart he will relieve
and lift up thy head

Nameless dread seems to be a favorite fear of mine.  The unknown; the future; what might happen.  Romans 8:26 addresses this when we are praying to God:

 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us^[a] with groanings which cannot be uttered.

I think many of us would be so much better in life if we could put our trust in God.  But it can be difficult to put our faith in things unseen.  As humans we need to be able to touch and feel something before we can fully believe it.

I am convinced that fear is a weapon of the devil to keep us from being our 100% for the Lord.

And so we go back and forth between fear and putting our faith in God.  It is a constant battle.  Ultimately those who put their full faith in God will receive their reward.