After spending some time reflecting on some summer events including overseas missions, summer camp, Keller Park ministry, etc. I have found a very common theme come up. This common theme has come up among students, family, friends, and myself. I began to wonder why "Fear" has to control and grip us. I began to get upset that Satan deceives me and many others through this ugly tactic.
I wrote a poem to express some of my feelings concerning fear. It's really raw. Here it is:
Fear. An epidemic. It's contagious.
Those who have it go outrageous!
It controls you. It can mold you.
It basically tells you what not to do.
Fear is a sickness.
For many... it's our greatest weakness.
Fear is a wildfire.
The enemy's lies are the spark.
The lie creeps into our mind and heart;
And sparks a fire... a fear of being apart...
Being apart from family and friends,
Like we can control all of our ends.
We are not God.
But isn't it kind of odd,
We try to play the role of the creature of this universe.
Like we know what's best for our lives on this earth.
We know nothing so why do we try,
The only thing fear does is make us say good-bye...
Good-bye to true life...
Good-bye to God's will...
Lock me in a room and make me sit still.
Nothing will happen, good or bad.
The only thing is God will be sad.
Because we gave into fear and didn't fight back,
We gave ourselves our own heart attack.
The lies lead to worry... The worry to fear.
That paralyzes us from everything far and near.
We have two options when it comes to fear-
We give in and we die; or we fight and we fly!
Fear is just a big twisted lie.
God wants us to follow Him with all of our heart-
Even when the world says it's not smart.
Following God is not always attractive,
But Satan is telling us to be inactive.
He's telling us to get out of the game and sit on the side.
Satan is everyday, always, telling us to hide.
To hide from fear, disappointment, set backs, and pain-
This will only make things worse because we aren't in the game!
