Fear Makes Noise, Faith Makes Room | Jentezen Franklin
When Faith Walks In, Fear Walks Out
I often wonder what God would do in our lives if we chose worship over worry. What would shift if we praised instead of panicked? What miracles would unfold if we stopped filling our minds with fear and instead made space for God to work?
Mark chapter 5 tells the story of a desperate father whose young daughter was dying. He begged Jesus, “Come and lay Your hands on her.” Jesus agreed—but on the way, He was interrupted by the woman with the issue of blood. While Jesus was still speaking to her, word came from the man’s home: “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother the Master anymore.”
Before fear could take root, Jesus turned to the father and spoke two words that still carry power today:
“Do not be afraid. Only believe.”
When Jesus reached the house, it was filled with noise—people crying, wailing, and preparing for the worst. But Jesus called it exactly what it was: much ado about nothing—self-trouble, fear running wild.
Fear always makes noise.
Faith always makes room.
Jesus cleared the room. He removed every voice of doubt, every sound of panic, every person already planning a funeral. Only then did He take the little girl by the hand and speak life:
“Little girl, arise.”
Immediately, she stood up. The room erupted in amazement. And then Jesus said something simple but powerful: “Give her something to eat.” In other words—restore normal life. Let the miracle become part of her everyday story again.
Some of you have lived so long in crisis that you’ve forgotten what normal feels like. You’ve carried fear, pain, and sleepless nights for too long. But God is speaking healing over you—normal days are coming again. Peace is coming again. Joy is coming again.
The Bible doesn’t say you’ll never feel fear. When you get a late-night call or a bad report, fear rushes in. But Scripture teaches you not to surrender to it. Face it. Fight it. Refuse to let fear write the story.
When David walked through “the valley of the shadow of death,” he didn’t deny the valley—but he refused the drama. He placed a comma after the bad news: “I will fear no evil, for You are with me.”
God never promised we wouldn’t face floods or fires. But He promised this:
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you…
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned.” (Isaiah 43)
Not if you pass—when you pass.
But you won’t pass through alone.
And then God says something so personal it stops the heart:
“Since you were precious in My sight, I have loved you.”
Some of you need to hear that right now. You are precious to God—even in your weakness, even in your fear, even when you feel you’ve failed Him.
Lift your hands and say:
“Lord, help me resist the noise of fear. Jesus, You are everything.”
Picture the thing that’s been keeping you awake at night—your diagnosis, your family crisis, your financial storm. See it clearly. And then speak this truth over it:
“Much ado about nothing.
Jesus is everything.
Fear has no place in my life.”
As long as Jesus is with you, you are not finished. You will not collapse. You will not be overcome.
You will stand again.
You will rise again.
You will walk out of this fire with faith renewed.
Jesus’ instruction to that father is the same instruction He gives you today:
Only believe.
That’s all He needs to work a miracle in your life.
