The Paradox of Fear

We can be paralyzed by fear either because we're afraid of the bad stuff in the world, and we're like, well, I don't wanna go out into the evil, bad, wicked world. Or we can have this healthy fear of the Lord but yet be so afraid of disappointing him that we don't do anything. Remember the parable of the servants and the talents? The one who was declared to be an unfit, lazy servant was one who didn't doanything. Why? Because he was paralyzed by fear. And that can happen to us too.