Mark Affleck | No Fear

HOW CAN I OVERCOME THE FEAR OF...

Love God, fear nothing. Barely audible, those words drifted out of my mouth in a whisper while I was driving to a meeting with my board of directors in the early 1990s. As President and CEO of the organization, I was working furiously to manage our business and loving God was the last thing on my mind that morning. Indeed, I couldn’t figure out why in the world I was saying “Love God fear nothing” when currents of stress were coursing through my soul. There is no fear in love.  Perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  

“But whoever listens to me will have security. He will be safe, with no reason to be afraid.”
Proverbs 1:33

At age 35 in 1990, I became President and CEO of the marketing organization for an industry with $1 Billion invested and $300 million in annual sales. I said, “I made it!” God said, “Welcome to the world’s stress chamber.”

Now allow me to share with you how I learned to overcome fear.

Mark