There are
several types of Fear in God’s Word. One
is Fear of man. Others would be Fear of
evil and Fear of Death. In fact there
are thousands of fears in this world. In
the April 2001, issue of Time Magazine there is an article called “Fear Not”
which list over 4,000 different types of fear.
The world labels the evil spirit of Fear as “phobias” or “stressors.”
To fear man
is to look to and regard people rather than God. In other words, Fear of man makes man your
god. What man thinks and says is what is
important to you. Paul said in Romans 3:4….let God be true but every man a
liar. So if you are are going to
believe man before God, you are making God a liar and man true. The book of Proverbs says, The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever
trusts in the Lord shall be safe Proverbs 29:25.
This
scripture equates fearing man with not trusting in the Lord. One way we fear man in our lives is to hold
back from people, worrying about how they are going to treat us rather than
looking to God to protect us.
When you
have Rejection and Fear of Rejection, you draw back from people. You do not become transparent with them
because you are afraid of Rejection. Who
you are depends on what other people think about you.
If you are
looking for others’ approval, you are in trouble. They may think more highly of themselves than
they do of you anyway! That is pride and
arrogance.
Fear
prevents us from expressing God’s love to people. It can lead to us putting more stock in what
people think instead of what God says in His Word. At the very least, fearing man robs us of the
peace God intends for us. It also warps
our view of who we are in Jesus Christ, because we take our self-concept from
what others think of us, instead of what God says about us in His word.
That goes
back to the Unloving spirit. Who you are
is what someone else thought about you or said about you. If someone comes to you and says “Well, I
think you’re pretty neat,” so what. God
has already said you are the apple of His eye (Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow
of Your wings). You are letting a man be your source rather than letting
God be your source. One antidote for
Fear of man is found in Psalm 118:6 The
Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? Another is
found in 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in
love; but perfect love casts out fear (Unloving, rejection, abandonment,
etc.), because fear involves torment.
But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
Many of us
can have hundreds of fears built up over the years. It says in 1 John 4:18 that fear
involves torment. Did you know that fear can cause depression (torment)? Don’t
take my word for it. Google what causes
depression and read what the medical field has to say. They don’t really have an answer, but God
does! Proverbs 12:25 says “Anxiety
(worry, stress) in the heart of man
causes depression (despair, hopelessness), But a good word makes it glad.”
Nine out of ten people we minister to have never had their earthly
father say the words “I love you” or if he did, they didn’t believe him by the
terrible way they treated them. The lack
of love from the earthly father and even the mother, will open the door of not
feeling loved which leaves us trying to fill the void and living a lifetime of
torment. All he had to say to us was “a good word.” “Son/daughter, I love you. You are a good boy/daughter.” All the earthly father had to do was covey
the love of the Heavenly Father to their kids and even their wives.
If you do
not believe the Lord loves us and is on your side, you have an antichrist
spirit within you and you need to recognize it.
If you do not trust the Lord, who can you trust? Truly trusting in God will remove Fear of man
from our lives.
Repent for fearing man. God will transform your heart to trust Him
without looking to people as your source anymore. Let God be your place of peace. Surrender to
God and receive His love in the name of Jesus.
Psalm 30:2 O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And
You healed me.
Healing and blessings
to you all,
Tony Sanchez 8-27-15
