The Fear of Failure

I thought of this a few times.... Maybe it's true that i'm a guy who has a fear in failures... maybe because throughout my ages i've been failing too often, and maybe it's a nightmare for me when i realise that everytime i fail, i'll lose things and people would look down on me. It's a burden.... sometimes i just want to have someone who can look at me without expectations, and wouldn't change their views no matter how i am... Who will be like that? Filter that and all that was left was Jesus..... Yeah... only Him. But anyway thanks.. today's devotion kinda comforts my heart.

Learn from Me... and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:29 NIV

You'll notice that unlike us, Jesus didn't suffer from the fear of failure. That's because He never entertained the thought that He couldn't do something His Father had already assured Him He could. And He didn't suffer from a fear of lack either. Even though He lived a simple life He was responsible for supporting Himself and a team of others.
How did He do it? He prayed a lot, and stayed in sync with His Heavenly Father. Consequently He knew how to catch fish when they weren't biting, or find tax money in a fish's mouth when He needed it. (Yes, Jesus paid His taxes too!) Now God may not provide for you in exactly the same way, but He has promised to take care of you (1 Peter 5:7). Today Jesus is saying to you, "Come to Me… learn from Me… and you will find rest for your souls [emotions and mind]" (Matthew 11:29 NIV).
Stress is brought on by our need to know everything ahead of time - to be in control. Even after we pray and supposedly turn the situation over to God, we develop a 'backup plan' in case He doesn't handle things the way we think He should. Do you do that? You don't put your money into a bank then stay awake all night worrying about it, do you? Have at least that much confidence in God. Each time you begin the downward spiral of "How? What? When? Where?", stop and give it back to God. Not the little God of your understanding, but the big God whose track record speaks for itself, whose faithfulness never fails, and who has earned the right to ask you, "Is anything too hard for [Me]?" (Genesis 18:14 NIV). In other words - learn how to live like Jesus.