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As I was driving home today, I passed a person walking on the side of the  
road.  Since it was cold, and snowy, I thought I should stop and offer the person a ride.  As I drove on by, I was irritated with myself for not stopping.  I could have and should have but I didn't. Why?  I was scared! Maybe that wouldn't bother you, but I'm willing to bet there are things that make you afraid.  It may be snakes or spiders that send the ticker into overdrive.  Or maybe it's your job and finances that keep you up at night when you should be resting.  Then again perhaps it's relationships that consume your thoughts and energy.  As followers of God, we know that we are told not to be afraid.  Yet we often are afraid despite everything we know.   As I was driving away from a missed opportunity, I began thinking about what it is that makes us afraid.  I honestly am not sure what it is that causes us to be afraid when we should be bold, but I do know who it is.  It is the deceiver.  I realized that fear is one of the first emotions that we read about in the Bible.  When Adam and Eve are in the garden right after they ate the forbidden fruit, they made clothes of fig leaves.  Not because they just really liked them and thought the clothes would make things better but because they were ashamed and afraid.  Is that not crazy?  Yet, how many times do we do things out of fear?  Because of sin, fear is our default condition. We have to choose not to live in fear.  It is not easy by any means, but I do know that God wants us to live fearlessly. 

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