Your willingness to obey is your best answer to fear!
Absolutely nothing is impossible for Our Heavenly Father to accomplish.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 1:
27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
29 that no flesh should glory in His Presence.
30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us Wisdom from God-and righteousness and sanctification and redemption-
31 that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.”
Each one of you reading this has a calling on your life. There is no one too weak and frail to fulfill his or her calling. Fear of failure is a primary reason for reluctance to step out. Don’t let others dissuade you from actively pursuing your calling. Being passive is exactly where the enemy wants you. Consider Gideon.
It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Judges chapter 6:
11 The Angel of YAHWEH came to the village of Ophrah and sat down under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was secretly threshing some wheat in a winepress so that the Midianites would not see him.
Gideon was afraid and he was attempting to stay hidden from the enemy, the Midianites. That was about to change.
12 YAHWEH’s Angel suddenly appeared to Gideon and said, “YAHWEH’s Presence goes with you, man of fearless courage!”
The angel prophesied a Word from Heaven directly to Gideon. The Word will cause fear to dissipate when in Its Presence.
13 “Me?” Gideon replied. “But sir, if YAHWEH is truly with us, why have all these troubles come to us? Where are all his miracle-wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, ‘Did not YAHWEH deliver us out of Egypt?’ But now YAHWEH has abandoned us and put us under the power of the Midianites.”
Gideon attempted to justify his position of fear by focusing on past circumstances.
14 Then YAHWEH himself faced Gideon directly and said, “Am I not sending you? With My Presence you have all you need. Go in the strength that you now have and rescue Israel from Midian’s power!”
15 Gideon said to Him, “But Lord, how could I ever rescue Israel? Of all the thousands in Manasseh, my clan is the weakest, and I’m the least qualified in my family.”
Now, Gideon is looking to the natural as his excuse; he is the least qualified, he is the least of the least, he has zero confidence in what GOD wants him to do. This sounds familiar to most of us when considering our callings. How can I fulfill my calling… I don’t have the resources, experience, or endorsements from others.
16 YAHWEH replied, “My Presence and My Power will be with you. Believe me, Gideon, you will crush the Midianites as easily as if they were only one man!”
17 Then Gideon said, “If it’s really true that You will go with me and that I have found grace before Your Eyes, then show me a miracle-sign to prove that you are really YAHWEH speaking with me.
Isn’t that classic? Gideon questions the Angel of THE LORD and needs a sign.
18 Don’t leave until I return with my offering to you.” And he answered, “I’ll wait until you return.”
19 So Gideon went and cooked a young goat and many loaves of unleavened bread. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and took his offering and presented it to him under the oak tree.
20 God’s Angel said to Gideon, “Place the meat and the bread on that rock and pour the broth over them.” And Gideon did so.
21 Then YAHWEH’s Angel reached out the staff he was holding and touched the meat and the bread. All at once, supernatural fire sprang up from the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. Then the Angel of YAHWEH vanished from his sight.
22 Immediately, Gideon realized that he had seen the Angel of YAHWEH! Terror stricken, he said, “Oh, Lord YAHWEH! I have seen the Angel of YAHWEH face-to-face!”
23 But YAHWEH spoke to him and said, “Be at peace. Don’t be afraid. You will not die.”
24 So Gideon built an altar to YAHWEH there and named it “In YAHWEH there is Peace. (Jehovah Shalom)” (The altar is still standing at Ophrah, which belongs to the clan of Abiezer.)
The word Midian or Midianite means strife or contention; debate, heated argument. The Midianites were contending for the land of Gideon’s people, and they were oppressing the people. When the Israelites harvested the land, the Midianites would come and invade the land and seize their harvest and livestock. Israel was impoverished and helpless against them. Then the Israelites, with shattered hearts, cried out to YAHWEH for mercy.
Gideon had one primary job, say “yes” to the Angel of THE LORD and fear not.
After THE LORD reduced the army to 300, THE LORD prepared Gideon for battle.
In Judges chapter 7:
9 It happened on the same night that the LORD said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
10 But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant,
Gideon still needed encouragement.
11 and you shall hear what they say; and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp.” Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outpost of the armed men who were in the camp.
13 And when Gideon had come, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, “I have had a dream: To my surprise, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent collapsed.”
14 Then his companion answered and said, “This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel! Into his hand God has delivered Midian and the whole camp.”
15 And so it was, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel, and said, “Arise, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
Gideon needed to hear a prophetic word to finally be convinced of victory. Even our enemies will unwittingly give us such a word of encouragement.
Our responsibility is to say “yes” to the Word of THE LORD and allow HIM to work things out on our behalf, whatever they may be. Let us be known in consistently submitting and obeying HIS Divine Intent.