Fear the Right Things

(1Pe 3:14 KJV)  But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

(Proverbs 26 also read)

If you are using the NASB and see all the capital letters it should tell you something:  This is an Old Testament quote.  The KJV does not make that clear.  Compare it to this,

(Isa 8:12 KJV)  Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

I would imagine that you are aware the world is unsettled.  The phrase “wars and rumors of wars” seems like a headline for our times.  The government wants you to panic so they can take more power away from the citizens so they can control us.  The media wants us to cower in fear so they can sell more advertising.  Even the weatherman gets into the act.

God tells us we are to fear Him not all the imagined problems we are inundated with.  

So?  Relax and rejoice.  Even if God allows you to go through some difficulty, He has this.  Rejoice in the hope that is in you.

Conspiracy Theories

(Proverbs 3:25 KJV)  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

There are so many leading stories in the news that are cause for concern.  It often seems like the “wicked” (7563) are in control.  We see our liberty eroded and the tyrants of our world trying to put us in a box.  This is the time when we should take seriously the call to not be  “afraid” (3372).  I hope you have read the book.  We win. 

Being on the winning side doesn’t mean you are always ahead.  Look at any great conflict in history and you will see that.  In World War II people were actually worried about Japan invading our west coast.  We all remember the Twin Towers coming down.  I know how I feel about what I see going on in Washington today.  A verse from Isaiah comes to mind.  It speaks to me best from the NASB.

(Isaiah 8:11-13 NAS77)  For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying "You are not to say, 'It is a conspiracy!' In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.  "It is the LORD of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread.

Don’t get caught up in all the conspiracies.  Notice it does not say they don’t exist.  The point is to focus on what we rejoice in fearing, the Lord God.

So?  I guess it’s the same-o, same-o.  Trust and obey, for there’s no other way,....