Foolish Fear
“The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good. There they are in great fear, For God is with the generation of the righteous.” Psalms 14:1, 5 NKJV When the scriptures say that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, it implies that the fear of the enemy is the beginning of foolishness. Just as darkness is simply the absence of light, fear of the enemies is the absence of faith in God. While the psalmist’s inspiration directly addressed the outright fools, who display their foolishness with an open declaration “ There is no God ”, the fearful believers do indirectly display their lack of faith in God by walking through life’s challenges with great fear. Whereas, faith in God simply believes what God has promised and sees only what He is doing through all the manifestations of both the good and the ugly. For example, if Joseph had not faith in God, he would have been carried away...