fear not

Sunday September 9^th, Isaiah 35: ⁴ say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you."  How often are we ruled by fear?  Fear tends to remove all reason, all connection with reality, and is a great tool for manipulating the masses.  Into this comes the word of God, “be strong, do not fear, your God will come.”  Or on the hills outside Bethlehem, “Fear Not, for I bring you good tidings of great joy.” When the Lord comes, fear tends to go, unless of course the word of the Lord is twisted to bring the message of fear.  But with the true presence of the Lord manifest in the grace of God there is a calm and fear starts to go away.  And along with the fear, goes the power of manipulation, the control of mass hysteria, and you cease being simply a pawn of the controlled message and start being a child of God.  Tea-baggers and fear mongers have lost their soul to fear, their soul is not gone mind you, just placed under the control of someone else with an agenda and money.  Fear not, God is in control of the big stuff.  Live as God has called you to live, loving the Lord your God will all your heart, soul, and mind and your neighbor as yourself, Fear not!!