As leaders in Israel, we must seek to dispel fear from among our people. A timid, fearing people cannot do their work well. The Latter-day Saints have a divinely assigned world-mission so great that they cannot afford to dissipate their strength in fear. The Lord has repeatedly warned His people against fear. Many a blessing is withheld because of our fears. He has expressly declared that men cannot stop his work on earth, therefore, they who are engaged in the Lord’s latter-day cause and who fear, really trust man more than God, and thereby are robbed of their power to serve.
– John A. Widtsoe, 1942
That is a timely message even for today.
It is so great to read this – it matches very well with an experience I just had, in which the answer to my prayers was, “Don’t make your decision based on fear.”