Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
Everyone submits to one fear or another. You either fear man or GOD depending on your level of revelation. Men with no revelation fear men and the systems they put in place. The central planners use fear to sway people toward their way of thinking. Your ego uses fear to keep you under submission. The mind is where the battle is fought and determines the path you take. If you submit to the ego, then you take the path toward death and destruction. If you submit to the Fear of the LORD thus making your mind a willing servant to your spirit, then your path leads you to life and reconciliation.
The ego will create a problem for it to solve then try to prove its need to dominate your life. It creates complexity to keep you a slave to maintaining all those needless processes which ultimately deteriorate into nothingness. You must ask yourself if you are creating things, issues, processes, that require more time and resources simply to maintain. Is there any future in what you are creating or is it simply a “time burner”?
The current system majors on this very task. It creates an enemy for the country to go war with for a decade or so. The country spends trillions of dollars fighting an enemy who is hard to identify. Then after several years, the campaign is deemed completed and the soldiers come home. Many die or are wounded. Families are gutted. Resources are spent. For what?
The attack of 911 created fear in the hearts of the American people. The enemy had to pay. However the wrong question was asked. How come the Divine covering was lifted from America?
In Judges chapter 6, Gideon was afraid of the current system controlled by the Midianites. He was hiding in the winepress while threshing wheat. His fear of the Midianites controlled his actions. Isn’t that similar to today’s society? Are you afraid of losing your Social Security, your pension, your job, etc? At any rate, he was minding his own business, surviving in fear of those currently in control. Why were the Midianites in control? The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years, The problem was each man did what was right in his own eyes. Sounds like the ego was in control.
“Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains.”
Fear caused the children of Israel to retreat to dens, caves, and mountains. Why not reside in the valleys?
“So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. Then they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey.”
The Amalekites (from Eliphaz) represent the money changers, the banking system itself and all those who are overcome by the love of money. The Amalekites extracted the wealth from Israel. Much of the fear today is based on the loss of perceived wealth and entitlements. The money changers know this and use this fear to maintain control of the masses. In Gideon’s time as it is today, the fear of man was much greater than the Fear of the LORD. After seven years of captivity, the LORD intervened:
“And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!””
Gideon was reminded of his gifts and calling which had clearly been inactive. Why? Gideon had been living in fear. It was time to activate Gideon’s calling but first Gideon needed a Divine revelation about his fear:
Judges 6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace [be] unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
The WORD of The LORD produced faith in Gideon’s life. He immediately responded and knew that he know longer needed to fear his current circumstances. Now is the time for change to come. Once you replace the fear of man with the Fear of The LORD, you shall live and not die for now you are on the path to wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill to operate in your calling.