Run Toward Fear

One of my favorite poets and essayist-Haki R. Madhubuti- writes this rule in his book "Run Toward Fear: New Poems and a Poet's Handbook:" Learn to "run toward fear." I'm trying to apply this rule more, because fear usually causes irrational reactions. I'm not talking about caution or a healthy respect the elements, natural phenomenon, or wild animals. Fear seems to cause knee jerk reactions that never reach the brain. I recently wrote this rule as my facebook status, and a friend of mine responded with this comment:

Here's a real life application: I heard a story once about how lions hunt. In a pride of lions the older, slow, toothless lions still serve a purpose. They ROAR very loudly to scare the prey toward the younger, stronger, faster lions lying in wait. If the victims only knew to run toward the roar (run toward the fear) then they could easily get away from the elderly lions. Instead their fear of the roar causes them to run to their deaths. So, run TO the roar. Run toward fear.

Even more recently, it was pointed out to me the context in which the Savior gives this promise, "Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am, there you maybe also." John 14:1-3 The Messiah gives this promise right after He tells Peter that he will deny Him three times. He tells Peter that it's okay before it happens. This tells me that in all of my short comings and even though I've missed opportunities to represent because of worldly worries, He still has a place prepared for me. What do we have to fear?