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Psalm 53:5a "There they are in great fear where no fear was..."
Day 144 – Psalm 53
“There they are in great fear where no fear was…” Psalm 53:5a
THE POWER OF POSITIVE FEAR
Fear is well described as a primal feeling. Nobody can explain why fear exists. Fear in itself is not necessarily a bad thing. Fear can have positive influence and produce positive effects. The Scriptures speak of a healthy “fear of the Lord” (Proverbs 1:7; 2:5 etc).
THE POWER OF NEGATIVE FEAR
Fear can also produce very negative results. Those who are gripped by negative fear are well-described in the following text.
“There they are in great fear
Where no fear was.
For God has scattered the bones of him
who encamps against you;
You have put them to shame,
Because God has despised them.”
Psalm 53:5