Material riches is not life, it is only a means for living.

To the Psalmist, fear is a destroyer of calmness and peace of mind ; therefore, he prays,

"Hear my voice, 0 God, in my prayer ; preserve my life from fear."

But, the same Psalmist tells us, those who take refuge in God have no cause for fear, for God is with them always, watching over them, that no evil may befall them. Absolute trust and confidence in God is the best shield against fear.

"The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear ?"

"The Lord is the stronghold of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid?"

"Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear."

This intense faith carries the Psalmist safely through all danger and affliction.

Faith in God, we see thus, is given as the antidote to fear. This faith must be genuine; it must be felt as sincerely as did the Psalmist. . . .And the fact that He resides in man, is the best assurance that man is protected against the invasion of forces hostile and destructive to his existence. God dwells in man, His presence is a tower of strength and a shield to guard him from all ill. Man must realize this truth, and the realization of it will drive out all fear.

Fear takes its inception from the fact that man feels himself to be alone in this world. When confronted with danger, he believes that the task of extricating himself from imminent peril lies upon himself, and at the same time regards himself as too feeble and insignificant to avert the impending calamity.

Material riches is not life, it is only a means for living.

From Conquest of Fear By Morris Lichtenstein
Morris Lichtenstein (1889–1938) was the founder of the Society of Jewish Science. Born in Lithuania, he later moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he was ordained by the Reform Hebrew Union College in 1916, becoming the first Eastern European student to ever study at the institution. Lichtenstein served as a Rabbi in Amsterdam, Troy, and New York City, where he received a Master's degree in Psychology from Columbia University in 1919. He briefly served a congregation in Athens, Georgia before moving back to New York to marry Tehilla Hirshenson in 1920. Together they founded the Society of Jewish Science in 1921.