We are told that "fear is not from God," and yet the same Book tells us that we should "fear God." Is it a contradiction? Whollistically, the Bible does not disagree with itself -- this disagreement is the job of three parties: 1. the liars and decievers, those that intentionally deceive others, for power, for monetary gain; 2. the deceived, those that have bought into the lie, we can call it "tradition" if it makes you feel better; and 3. the ignorant, those that speak loudly, we might say "authoritatively," and yet they have never even read the Bible.
Of course, there are they hybrid mixtures of these three, the deceived ignorant, and the ignorant deceivers. You know what I'm talking about.
Yes, fear is from God, He is the One that programmed "fight or flight," when you meet a deadly snake in the wilderness, you don't "speak words of
authority" over it, you don't cast it out with positive words, or curse it with your voice. You respect it, this deadly viper, because it can kill you, and make-believe will not avail you, not a whit, not even a Walt Whitman.
You flee from it (you leave the vile beast alone) or you fight it -- you kill the sucker with your mighty wrath. Ooh.
But what is not from God is baseless fear, debilitating fear. The kind of fear that saps action, leaves you shaking and quivering, unable to fight or flee. The Boogie Man is a scary image, a scary product of make-believe. It is fun, this fear of the Boogie Man, the concept even makes passable disco.
But if you talk yourself into believing in the Boogie Man, that he really does walk through walls, hide in closets -- then you hare wounded, inside, crippled. It is not the truth. You are fearing fear.
- Oz Moses
