As I study the word “fear”, I have been on the reverence and adoration of God until this morning. The passage this morning is one that is pretty familiar, Psalm 23. And the verse is 4.
“4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” – Psalm 23:4 (ESV)
The world out there is not exactly on our side as followers of Christ. We do things differently, approach things from a different perspective, and carry ourselves in a way that does not really make sense to the rest of the world.
The lack of understanding causes the world to act differently toward us. You see, where there is a lack of understanding it is filled with fear and a tendency to go on the attack to be sure that the attack does not come. Since we do not make sense to the world, they attack out of fear that they will be attacked.
But, we do not attack. We love. We protect ourselves, yes, but defensively as opposed to offensively. We know the way of the world and therefore we should not fear the world. There is no evil that can truly harm us as Christians. We have an ultimate protector in God.
Our fear should be in God, but as mentioned in my writings as I have studied the word, it should be a fear of reverence and adoration as opposed to a fear of destruction and death. I do not fear the world, I fear God. I go into the world with confidence that God is leading me where He would have me go.
What is your understanding of the world? Are you afraid due to a lack of understanding? What if you were to place your faith in God and fear only Him with reference and adoration?
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