I’ve been watching an older movie called “First Knight” that stars a man with a VERY distinguishable voice, Sean Connery. You’ve gotta love his accent! In this movie, Connery plays the very wise and aging King Arthur. While trying to understand the wandering rogue Lancelot (Richard Gere), he makes a VERY profound statement…
“A man who fears nothing also loves nothing. And if you love nothing, then what joy is there in your life?”
Some fears come out of insecurities. Some from love. When you’re able to discern between the two, you’ve just made the first step to becoming a mature man or woman. Those very things that I fear will reveal the things that I love the most.
Some of the things I fear are:
- Insignificance–I want my life to mean something in the end. This shows that I value a life of purpose. I work hard to try to make myself significant and at times run the risk of making everything about myself or pushing for things that really don’t matter in the big scheme of things.
- Irrelevance–I want to focus on the things that last. Sometimes I become so focused on this that I forget to just have fun with life. This is a double edged sword sometimes.
- Failure–I have a pretty deep seated fear of not being good enough at some things. To mask this, I can at times try to become a perfectionist. This shows I can at times value approval.
I could go on and on about fears of my family, career, ministry, etc. But instead, I just wanted to let you know that even pastors deal with these kinds of things. I wonder what are the things that you fear? What are those things that you love? If you pretend to fear nothing, then it becomes difficult to show your love for anything or anyone. And if love does not abound, where is your joy?
