What is fearmongering?
Picture fearmongering like a BIG spider web that spreads all over you – traps you in its web!
If fearmongering is occurring, then someone is causing that and I call them fear breeders.
Fear breeders grow fear.
But how do they do this, grow fear, you ask?
It’s the way they deliver their knowledge. It’s their god, information that is. They know a little about a lot with shallowness around them. Dig into core questions with a fear breeder and see how deep you can go.
Their love of knowledge is for a certain goal. Power. Intimidate. Manipulate. One-Up-You!
Their motive is all about CONTROL.
They use their little piece of information to dangle it in front of you, like a forbidden fruit, to see you become unsettled, unnerved, and unraveled. FEARFUL! Biting your nails, picking your scabs, and then you are STUCK in their control.
Then they stir the pot of your life to create more chaos.
If you are in that pot of chaos, and remain in it, the fear breeder stays in control and keeps you on edge. It puts you in a sense of panic and helplessness. Then your eyes are set upon the fear breeder to solve the problem, as if only the fear breeder can answer, guide, or be the hero to create a way out of the chaos.
You tend to rely on their knowledge, after all they portray they know it all. They trap you to a web of fear.
This is one way to recognize a fear breeder, do you walk away with more or less fear from talking with that person?
Psalm 1:1-2 states, “Blessed is the person who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, And on His Law he meditates day and night.” (NASB)
Notice, we are not to walk, stand, or sit with scoffers. And let me share fear breeders are scoffers. They are pumping themselves up to be like god and know it all. And they are not GOD!
I gave you some warnings for people that breed fear. Now, how do you combat this?
- Fear is not of God. So if you are with a person and they breed fear and they hound you with it, limit your time with them. Remove yourself. Reread what Psalm 1:1 says.
- To fight fear, we must know the TRUTH. Fear is not of God. It is of the evil one, Satan. Scripture says “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NASB).
- Run to Jesus for the sound mind. Speak Truth to yourself. John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly” (NASB).
Getting real!
We are living in days that are increasing with evilness. FEAR is multiplying! It is up to you to take a hold of your life! No one else can do your life for YOU! Go look in the mirror. Ask yourself:
- Who is responsible for my life?
- What do I need to change in my life?
- Is fear increasing in my life?
- Do I desire coaching and accountability to guide me along to change?
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