All of us have something we are afraid of. And these things change from time to time.
Like when we are young many of us are afraid of the dark.
Some of us are afraid of spiders, roaches, bugs, lizards, snakes…
We are afraid of abandonment.
We are afraid of losing those we love.
We are afraid of not being able to provide for our family.
We are afraid we will let people down.
We are afraid that we have not done enough.
We are afraid that everything is all our fault.
We are afraid we will/have failed.
We are afraid we will not/don’t amount to anything…
The list could go on and on…
Why does fear grip us and hold us? It is something inside of us. We are so worried about what others think and say about us. When really it is not about anybody else. The only person we really have to impress is ourselves, and we will actually never be able to do that either. But in reality we do not have to impress ourselves. God knows all about us and loves us warts and all. He has chosen you and named you and set you as a prophet before the nations. And even when you stumble and fall and stutter and don’t know what to do or say, you do not need to fear, because He will put the words in your mouth and the actions in your hands, and He will deliver you from anyone who would come against you. He has a plan for you for your well being and He is the creator of all things and has all of the world in His hands…
You see we have no reason to fear anything. God, the creator of everything, has called you by name and set you apart for His good purpose, and He will use you a worthless worm, redeemed by Him not because of what you have done or will do, but because He is and He loves you!
So be not afraid to go and do as He has called you to, because He will be the one doing the doing, you just get to go along for the ride of your life!
aSacredRebel 
I just don’t quite get this…….if He’s got a plan for us and we are to sit back and enjoy the ride, then why do we say to pray for certain requests. I’m not being negative, I truly want to understand the meaning.
He has a plan for us, and we can ride along, however my understanding is that in our flesh we will chose not to go along with God because we think we can do it better than Him. We will buck the system so to speak in order to get to it a different way we think will be more fun, or allow us more money or attributes or something else. Some say it is free will. We have the will to chose to follow or not, to chose to allow God to control our lives or not. It is original sin that sneaks in and grabs us and pulls us off the ride…
So we can sit back and enjoy the ride, but our flesh/free will/sinful self will get in the way. That is where the fear comes in…
Is the mud any clearer?