Fear is a repellent to Jesus

So I was watching this movie called “The Green Lantern” theother night and noticed a cool biblical idea. The skinny is that the “green” part of the green lantern represents hiswill power.  The more will power, themore green.  The  more green, the more strength.  The opposite of his “will” is his fear.  The more fear, the less green.  You get the idea.

When the ultimatum of the movie is thrown down, the choiceis clear: will the hero succumb to fear or find the strength of his will?  I would substitute the word “will” for theword “faith” to make the biblical parallel more obvious. 

And herein lies our dilemma every single day of ourChristian lives.  Will we succumb to fearor grow in our belief?  The good news isthat we have a power source that is unlike any other.  The Holy Spirit promises to be with uswherever we go, no matter what we encounter. God does not expect us to draw from our own will power but gives us thestrength, through our faith, to overcome fear.

There is an interesting verse that depicts theopposite:
Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear.  So he got into the boat and left.  
(Luke 8:37)

Fear is a repellent to Jesus.

But faith draws him close.