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if the most effective way we can fight the fear of man is to remember who’ s God and who’ s not. Our immediate response might be to say,“ I’ m not God, I know that!” But how often do we confuse and conflate our role in people’ s lives with His?
When we forget this, our souls crack under the pressure. Anxiety rises. Panic simmers. Exhaustion takes root. But when we remember the boundary, where our humanity ends and His power begins, we find freedom.
We are not miracle workers. We are not saviors. We are not the sustainers of anyone’ s joy or the protectors of anyone’ s peace. That job belongs to God alone.
And the good news? He is wildly faithful.
Content taken from You Can’ t Be Brave Until You’ re Scared by Jess Connolly, © 2026. Used by permission of Baker Books.
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Jess Connolly is the author or coauthor of several books, including Wild and Free, You Are the Girl for the Job, and Breaking Free from Body Shame. Along with her husband, Nick, she planted Bright City Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where they live with their four children. Jess is a woman who wants to leave her generation more in awe of God than she found it. She is passionate about family, God’ s Word, and seeing women take their place in the kingdom. 11