Fear of the wrong step can stop us from taking any step at all........

Ok so a dear friend told me about this book by Stormie Omartian.  It is called, "Just Enough Light For the Step I'm On."   Can I say WOW and WOW again.  I haven't even gotten through the first paragraph and God is speaking to me.  What a revelation that, "we will never know the joy of true freedom until we understand we cannot take a single step without His help."  Ok so my issue has been my need to control.  It's odd to me that I know in my heart it is my issue, controlling.  But I haven't been able to truly understand why if i know this I haven't made progress in letting go and letting God.  Until now...."Fear of the wrong step can stop us taking any step at all."   Fear is so much deeper then just the word fear itself.  I have been so afraid of so many things that I think I can control the outcomes.  My dad passed when I was 7 and I am realizing the torture I have placed upon myself and my entire life because my prayer has always been, "do not allow me to experience that again."  You put yourself in a position that every decision you make is wrapped around that one fear, of not wanting to experience that again.  That fear grows like a vine around your heart, each leaf with its own new fear that continues to grow.  Fear of making the wrong step, as if I was the cause of my dad's death, that I could have prevented it, has molded my life.  It has kept me from becoming what the Lord has planned for me.  The other night someone said to me, "No more writing in sorrow but write the words God has placed on my heart, words of hope and love."  God is so amazing.  One paragraph of a book that someone has recommended I read has been so profound.  I cannot wait to read the rest of this book.  I recommend it highly.  Fear cannot be the reason we do things or the how we do things.  God needs to be that reason.  My title should not be the above it really should be "Living Our Life With the Love of God can take us to great places."  The Spirit of the Lord has placed on my heart to trace my fears like the vine I mentioned, to find that root and get rid of it.  I will do so and post it here on my blog in the next few days as I pray about it and search only with Him.  My prayer is for my life to be God's will.  I pray that for everyone, when fear of making the wrong step stops us from moving completely that we can see it for what it is.  That we can stop, rebuke and pray, knowing that the Lord is always there waiting for us to take His Hand.