Fear Is A Trap

Fear Is A Trap

The best way to subdue an entire society is to instigate fear.

Fear is not only a trap; if looked at with a clear mind, it’s also irrational and paralyzing.

We watched this happen with the reaction to COVID.

It was astounding what people did out of fear, what they believed, and how easily they were controlled by it.

Still are.

I’m reading a book called “Outwitting the Devil.”

The author is having a conversation with Satan to learn his techniques for destroying people’s lives.

Fear is this character’s weapon of choice.

If he can suck people into fearing, often, he can devour them.

If you want to control people, you build on their fears.

We went to a movie last night.

In the film, the main character was afraid to dance, to sing, to express himself, to live life to the fullest.

On the way home, I couldn’t stop thinking about my own life and how certain fears keep me from being fully present.

I want answers, and I want them now.

I’m impatient.

This morning, I sat down and listed my greatest fears.

I’m not going to bare my soul here on social media, but the list is profound and telling.

It’s also freeing to see the rational and irrational fears that suck the life out of you.

I want things to happen, but they don’t happen quickly enough for my satisfaction.

I look deeper and realize that’s my impatience taking over.

I flip around a few verses in the Bible, only to find that patience is a virtue I desperately lack.

Impatience is a doorway to fear.

Patience takes away worry.

Why get all bent out of shape and worried when God knows the plans He has for us?

He knows what we need until the day I take our last breath.

Patience takes away all wobbling.

We live in a culture that has no foundation.

It tips and turns with each new cause or feeling.

We need a solid foundation we can build upon, trust, and, rather than dread the outcome, look forward to what our creator is going to do.

Then, while scrolling through my news feeds, I find a new study that shows impatience actually ages your cells.

Isn’t that just like the enemy, to use our fears to bring about the very thing we fight against?

The way I sum this up is this: My desire for what I wish for is perhaps stronger than my desire for the will of God.

As I close my computer and go for another cup of coffee, I’m reminded again to be still and know that He is God.