I remember once I was extremely anxious about something and couldn’t sleep. I kept tossing and turning and replaying different doomsday scenarios in my head. Of course, each and every one of those scenarios involved me having to figure everything out with God not being anywhere in sight.

I remember at some point God spoke to me and basically said, “Why are you so afraid and anxious? What are you ever going to face that I haven’t already overcome by my cross?”

That’s just it. There isn’t anything. I have nothing to fear, but I still fear. Part of it is that things like fear and worry are the default settings of fallen people like you and me. Part of it is that I honestly still don’t trust God completely.

But the more I let go of fear and hold on to the promises of God, the more I find peace. The more I see God working in my circumstances, working all things together for good. The less I stress and worry about worst case scenarios.

And those scenarios that I dread? 999,999 out of 1,000,000 times, they never happen. And on that rare 1 out of 1,000,000 occurrence, God is with me in the midst of my worst case scenario and it’s not as bad as I feared because I am surrounded by loving arms that won’t let me go.

So for all of us who still need the reminder, He has overcome. Not He might or He may or He will. He has already overcome. The end.