– Deuteronomy 31:6 – Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
It is a sad state for us to be in when we allow “the fear of not being accepted by others” to control our lives, it doesn’t matter what type of fear it is, it matter the type of control, restraint or reservation it places on you. YHWH said not to fear for He is with us. (Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness). But instead of believing and trusting in the LORD, we have allowed ourselves to be inundated with the worries, troubles, problems, unhealthy desires, sins and practices of this world, (brought on by following man and trying to destroy every little evidence of YHWH).
The next level of fear, when it comes to others, is the unnatural love of one’s self. We shut others and the One, we truly need, Yashuah, out: faltering Him for the degradation of our life. Therefore, falling into a state of distrust (the feeling that we can’t rely on each other, so we rely on self) and complacency (a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements) set in and around us. And then have developed suspicions of and have no confidence in anyone, not even in YHWH. We leave Yashuah out of our life and, on our own, try to abate the fears that come by surrounding self with those who act like us or become a loner and find ourselves in a worst situation or state. We then wonder why our lives are not where it could be or should be. Then we, through the fear that binds our hearts and minds, live a guarded and most time false, unproductive life; maybe productive in material and physical things but not in the spiritual which helps balance the others. And, it is the most important part of living a productive, prosperous, peaceful, patient life. And let’s not forget, it is the critical glue, of these characteristics, for living the unafraid life, Yashuah meant for us to live, love that holds everything together. It is a fact that we don’t know, in our self, how to become free from the entanglement of it all, as seen in the world today. So because of fear that someone will find us out we remain secluded in our belief that “we are islands” and that not being accepted by the world and its standards have given us a right to be so; not realizing you’re your past, present and future have already been set before you were thought of and everyone else’s also: no one has a power over you unless you give it to them.
I see a whole lot of people pretending to enjoy or even putting up with things that they are not really into just because it is sociably acceptable or the “everybody’s do it” saying. I never get that. Let’s do this or that, “everybody’s doing it.” No everybody is not doing it. The ones who follows the will, way and adhere to the Word of YYAH is not doing it. They have a new way of seeing and doing things, Yashuah’s way. (2 Corinthians 5:17 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new).
We are an elite group of people that takes pride of being the individuals we are, within the body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:27 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Our fear is that of YHWH, not man and all his deceit. Read Genesis 20: GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.