God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7
Why are we such a fearful society? A tragedy occurs and we have marches and rallies and calls to ban this, that, and the other....but we are somehow fearful of actually DOING something to help prevent a lot of the rampages. When did we stop teaching our children about respect, courtesy, and the fact that everyone has value?
I can remember as a child being taught to respect other people and other people's property. Why? Because of the simple verse we call "The Golden Rule." Yet some seem to have changed the rule to read: Do to others BEFORE they can do to me. And our Pit Dwelling enemy has taken full advantage of our fear.
If we fear, we become ineffective and the Pit Dweller wins. But look again at today's verse: "God HAS NOT given us a spirit of fear and timidity" our fear to do what is right does not come from God! It comes from the pungent pit! God HAS given us the spirit of POWER, LOVE, and SELF-DISCIPLINE!! God has given us exactly what we need to do what is right, and we must focus on that instead of being fearful!
So ask yourself again, is it better to do what is right even though it might be uncomfortable for us and take some effort, or should we just let this world degrade into a free-for-all?
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