Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“FEAR IS FROM OUR FOE”

Common sense fear is a gift to us from our Lord through our God-given senses! For instance, standing near a busy street or intersection is dangerous, due to the nature of heavy and fast-moving vehicles being close by. To get struck by one could potentially lead to debilitating injury, or even worse, death. That is a good-sense fear.

Then there is a fear that comes from the enemy! This fear is brought on to combat obedience to, and faith in, God! Paul specifically deals with the fear associated with testifying of our Lord Jesus! When Christ is testified of, there is almost always a resistance! You see, the truth of the gospel of Jesus points man toward his/her wicked and vile fallen nature; this nature requires just punishment! No one wants to face the truth of a Holy and Righteous God! The rejection of truth is often confused as the rejection of us! The truth of the Gospel is so much bigger than us!

Fear associated with standing on biblical truth, speaking biblical truth, and efforts to convert people to the truth of the Gospel is always from the devil! The Lord never gives us a sense of fear when dealing with the promotion and evangelization of His Gospel!

Fact is, the Lord gives us the opposite of fear when we obey His call to go and tell others about Himself! He gives us power to go and tell; He gives us the spirit of His love to tell people in that same love by which He laid His life down, and He gives us a clear mind to do so. He does this through the authority and clarity of scripture! Because of these truths, we can overcome the fear of our foe and not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord Jesus Christ!

1 Timothy 1:7, 8 “⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. ⁸ Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,”