See Clearly

  Fear Not I have been pondering on the importance of casting out all fear. The scriptures tell us over and over to fear not. I think there is a lot of great work on overcoming fear in psychology, self help books, etc. A personal improvement book that helped me a lot in the early days of my career talked a lot about not letting fear stop us and has a ton of inspiring examples (Success Principles by Jack Canfield). But lately, I started to wonder why the scriptures teach us so often to fear not. D&C 67:10 says “And again, verily I say unto you that it is your privilege, and a promise I give unto you … that inasmuch as you strip yourselves from jealousies and fears, and humble yourselves before me, for ye are not sufficiently humble, the veil shall be rent and you shall see me and know that I am.” I used to think the scriptures that said to fear not were just calming words. But after reading D&C 67, I wonder why is removing fear important in developing our relationship ...