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How do I overcome my fear of the future?

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How do I overcome my fear of the future? It’s an ancient question for God’s people who have always been tempted to worry about the unknowns. God knows we struggle here. And overcoming this fear is a matter of getting the right view of God and of his providence over every detail of our lives. Let's look at Isaiah 41:1–13. Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;      let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak;      let us together draw near for judgment. Who stirred up one from the east      whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him,      so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword,      like driven stubble with his bow. He pursues them and passes on safely,      by paths his feet have not trod. Who has performed and done this,      calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first,      and with the last; I am he. The coastlands have seen and are afraid;      the ends of the ear