We’ve all heard the term “Frozen with fear.” It sounds like something that would happen if you’re out in the woods hiking and a bear steps out onto the path in front of you.
But generally, our everyday experience of fear is much more subtle. So subtle, in fact, that sometimes we don’t even realize that what’s holding us up is fear.
Writer and blogger for Church Production, Cathy Hutchison, whose full-time gig is with Addison, Texas-based Idibri, hit on this subtle fear phenomenon in a post on churchproduction.com. The write up, entitled “The Reason Church Techs Procrastinate” ( https://www.churchproduction.com/education/the-hidden-reason-why-you-might-be-procrastinating/), put forth this thought: that we get distracted and procrastinate because “our brains will grab on to any distraction to not do the one essential thing we fear doing,” like editing a video to go along with the week’s sermon series, or having a tough conversation with someone struggling on the tech team.
That fear, or at least some degree of agitation, exists is not in question by any of us, particularly those of us who work to create a stellar product and hit tough deadlines. Fear simply is. And it’s experienced differently by each of us—either spurring us forward or holding us back to one degree or another.
But I know we all have the anecdote to dealing with fear and not getting hung up on it. And it boils down to one word: God.
We work for Him, we praise Him, we disseminate His message, we feel His very presence each and every day. The solution to what holds us back, to procrastination and fear, is simple then: give your worries up to God and release them there. I wish I could do it consistently as well as I write about it here.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
I take this to mean there’s no situation too big or too small to not ask God for his aid. And when I look at my day-to-day workload, schedule and deadlines in light of this, the worry and fear seem to melt away.
