Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

“Do not be afraid.”
In other words, “Stop being frightened; cheer up.” Isn’t encouraging see how often in Scripture God tells His people not to be afraid but instead to take heart?

A partial list of passages in which, in some form or other, this exhortation is found would be:
* Gen. 15:1; 26:24; 46:3;
* Exod. 14:13, 14;
* Josh. 1:9; 11:6;
* Judg. 6:23;
* 2 Kings 19:6, 7;
* Neh. 4:14;
* Ps. 49:16; 91:5;
* Isa. 10:24; 37:6; 41:10, 13, 14; 43:1, 5; 44:2, 8;
* Dan. 10:19;
* Zech. 8:13;
* Matt. 14:27; 17:7; 28:10;
* Mark 5:36;
* Luke 1:30; 2:10; 5:10; 8:50; 12:4, 7, 32;
* John 14:1, 27; 16:33;
* Acts 18:9; 27:24;
* Heb. 13:6;
* 1 Peter 3:14;
* Rev. 1:17.

Isn’t “Do not be afraid” another way of saying, “Have faith”?

Salvation by grace through faith is firmly rooted from Genesis to Revelation!

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3