Article January 15, 1979 Issue

The sting of fear—unreal

BENJAMIN N. COVINGTON

Fear—what's the authoritative, unfailing antidote for it? Love. The Scriptures assure us, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear."^{I John 4:18;}

Fear is not a power; it's not a law or cause. God, divine Love, is the only cause. Therefore fear can have no actual effect. Fear isn't intelligent; it has no reality. It can't perch itself in your thought or mine when we realize Love's supremacy.

We need never accept the sting of fear. The power of divine Love, when applied, obliterates it. Why? Because Love is omnipotent, and we are never really out of the sphere of its supreme control. Our true being is spiritual, the outcome of Love.

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