Today make a decision to realize that you have a new ability to say no to things that tempt you and pull you away from God’s best for your life.

Before you became a believer, all you had was willpower. But willpower wears out. Now you have something that doesn’t—the Holy Spirit. We need to learn how to tap into his power. In the New Living Translation, Galatians 5:16 says, “Let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.” 

When you let the Holy Spirit guide your life, you won’t live by your sinful nature. You’ll still have the same temptations, urges, and compulsions, but you’ll have the power to say no to them. Therefore, today you can turn your thoughts to God when we are afraid.

When we recognize that we have a heavenly Father who is stronger than anything that threatens us, it challenges our fears. Romans 8:15-16 tells us, “So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, ‘Abba, Father.’ For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children”. 

Nothing you fear is out of God’s control. Like an earthly parent who loves to comfort fearful children, God is ready and waiting for you to call to him and lean on him whenever fear holds you back. After all, when you’re focused on God, you can’t focus on fear.