2 Timothy 1:7

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

We were created WHOLE… in the fullness of our identity in Christ. The trouble comes in that we lose sight of that as we become conditioned to look at ourselves through any eyes other than the eyes of Christ. This text reads differently if we read it in this light.

God gave us a spirit. Period. That spirit is not one shaped and conditioned by fear. Instea…