CHOOSE FAITH OVER FEAR

In the Scriptures, when Moses sent twelve men to scout the Promised Land, ten came back with fear. They saw giants and said, “We felt like grasshoppers in our own eyes” (Numbers 13:33). That is what fear does. It magnifies the problem. It takes one difficulty and turns it into a mountain. It whispers, “You will not make it. This will overwhelm you. The future is too much.”

But two of them, Joshua and Caleb, came back with faith. They saw the same giants, but they said, “Let’s go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” The difference wasn’t the size of the giants, it was the size of their faith. Fear measured the obstacle, but faith remembered the promise.

Fearful thoughts may knock on the door of your heart, but you do not have to invite them in. When fear says, “You are alone,” faith says, “The Lord is with me wherever I go.” When fear says, “This sickness is the end,” faith says, “God is my healer and my strength.” When fear says, “There is no way forward,” faith says, “God can make a way where I cannot see one.”

Maybe today you are facing something that feels larger than you. A health concern. A family burden. A financial worry. A decision that keeps you awake at night. Fear may be trying to take hold of your heart. But today, choose faith. You may not see the answer yet, but that’s what faith is: “knowing that all things work together for good to them that love God” (Romans 8:28).

Fear and faith both ask us to believe in what we cannot yet see. So choose the unseen goodness of God. Let your imagination stop picturing the worst and begin to see what God can do. Let the energy you once spent on worry become prayer. Then, fear will lose its grip, faith will grow stronger, and you will move forward knowing that God is already at work.

Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
May 16, 2026