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Isaiah chapter 8 verse 13, but the Lord of hosts,

him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

This prophecy from Isaiah was directed to a people who were tempted to be afraid of

nations of what men might do to them and

God through the prophet Isaiah says you don't need to be afraid of men

you don't need to be afraid of what other nations can do to you you you need to be

afraid instead of God.

Let him be your fear.

Let him be your dread.

I think about fear and what we're tempted to fear in each of our lives.

I think about my four-year-old coming to me at night and tears just saying,

daddy, I'm afraid of the dark.

And so I hug him, I carry him back to bed and say,

buddy, you don't have to be afraid of the dark.

And why? I say say because God is with you and God is greater than anything that can get you in the dark so you can trust in God.

And that's obviously a picture with a four-year-old who's afraid of the dark, but I think

it applies to so many things in our lives.

Like we are tempted to be afraid of all kinds of things.

Well, what might happen to us in this way or that way?

What might this person do to us?

But when we realize who God is and the fact that God is with us,

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