What does Tribe teach about fear holding back?
Drawn from the message where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on fear holding back starts with an honest look at Gideon. Pastor Brian walked through the story in Judges and did not clean it up. Gideon went at night to tear down the altar, asked for the fleece twice, and kept needing reassurance before every step. Pastor Brian was direct about what that means: none of that stopped God from using him. Waiting until every insecurity is resolved before stepping into what you are called to do is, in his words, putting yourself in a position of superiority over the process God is already moving you through.
The story also draws a line between occupation and ministry that matters when fear is the thing keeping someone stuck. Pastor Brian put it plainly: "Your occupation is how you make a living. Your ministry is how you make a difference." Gideon was likely a baker, not an obvious starting point for a military deliverer, yet his ministry was already present inside that ordinary life. Fear can convince a person that their circumstances disqualify them, but the Gideon narrative shows a man who stepped forward anyway, starting with ten men and eventually drawing tens of thousands.
One of the harder and more honest observations from the teaching is that the very thing fear says should disqualify you may be exactly where your ministry is rooted. The clan that nearly killed Gideon for tearing down Baal's altar became the first group to rally behind him. As Pastor Brian put it, "Sometimes your ministry comes out of that which has tried to kill you." Fear tends to point at the wound as evidence you should stop. The teaching at Tribe points at the same wound and says that may be where you start.
Taught from Judges 6:11-12 · Judges 6:27-32 · Judges 6:33-35 · Judges 7:2-8 · Judges 7:12-14
“A dull tool is a gift or a talent used in the flesh, and a sharp tool is a gift or a talent used in the spirit.”
From Work Smarter Not Harder Week 6： The Baker and The Battle Cry
The passage taught · 1 Kings 5:6
6 Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
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- June 22, 2026 Work Smarter Not Harder Week 6： The Baker and The Battle Cry A Wyoming pastor walks through the story of Gideon to explore how your everyday job and your God-given ministry are different, connected, and both part of his plan for your life.