Fear that moves from temporary to eternal

Lk 12:25 - And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

There is nothing that anxiety, a form of fear, can do to add an hour to a life. Anxiety can fix nothing. Worrying changes nothing. It enslaves you to this world by chaining you to the temporary and not freeing you to see the eternal, true perspective. When we think about it, fear and worry is as temporary a sin can be. Fear is wrapped up in this world.

Ps 111:10 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.

I like this verse in contrast to worry because in it one recognizes that all wisdom begins with God, that those who follow God and not their own flesh and thus their own worry, have good understanding and perspective. And, so instead of spending a situation worrying, they can spend it praising God in whom belongs eternal praise. Fearing God frees you from the temporary prison of earth and allows you to see and know the reality of something which go beyond earth. That is the answer to worry. That is the solution to worry. Spend time thinking about eternity and your worries and fears will slowly dissipate.

These are the two distinct opposites. Worry and praise. Worry and fear spends time stuck in problem on earth. Praise sees a God who is in control, bigger than any problem and faithful to help, despite any perceived silence and greatness of the situation. The words eternal praise are the answer to fear and worry. He is both eternal, and worthy of praise.

How we need to spend time in praise of our eternal God when the all too temporary worries and fears press in on us.