"…But don't be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything will be revealed; all that is secret will be made public. What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ears, shout from the housetops for all to hear! "Don't be afraid of those who want to kill you. They can only kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell."

   Fear is what America's leaders are using to divide and destroy the American Spirit. President Obama and his administration along with his Progressive propaganda machine, aka the media, are pitting black against white, wealthy against poor, secularist against people of faith, environmentalist against conservationist etc. all in an effort to create confusion and frustration that will lead to conflict.

   The Obama administrations hope is that sewing division will cause the fear of confrontation to override our sense of loyalty to God and country. Though fear is a reality, even in my own life today, we cannot allow it to dictate how we handle truth. If we allow intimidation from the 'powers that be' to drive us into the silence of the shadows we lose not only the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution, but the peace that comes from boldly following Jesus.
 
   Fear is an emotion that, like all emotions, is triggered by a thought that is “suggested” in our mind by the enemy of our soul. If we embrace the thought and allow it to grow we become ‘fear-full’ and react with silence. We must recognize that this is all part of a strategy to keep us from proclaiming truth to power. This strategy is as old as time and is more often than not very successful. This does not need to be the case and if we will take the necessary steps it will fail. 

   In the King James Version of the Bible the writer of the letter to the Hebrews makes a very powerful and freeing statement. He says “Noah moved with fear”. Noah faced the unknown and experienced the fear that not knowing is often accompanied by, yet he did not allow that fear to stop him from boldly expressing the truth he was given. Because of his faithfulness to continue building the Ark he won the salvation of his family.

   We are in the midst of an epic spiritual battle for the soul of our nation that grows more intense with each passing moment. The spirit of death is ruling over our nation and is promoted daily by President Obama as he subsidizes the murder of children in their mothers’ womb with our tax dollars at the rate of one child every 90 seconds.

   It is time to come out of the shadows and “Move with fear” as we proclaim truth to the powers that be. If we remain silent and shy away from proclaiming truth because we fear confrontation we are denying God before men. "If anyone acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will openly acknowledge that person before my Father in heaven. But if anyone denies me here on earth, I will deny that person before my Father in heaven. "Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! No, I came to bring a sword.”

We do not serve a child who is wrapped in swaddling cloth, we serve a “Warrior King” who has made us His ambassadors and as such we are mandated to speak for Him.

   His will is plainly laid out for us in the scriptures and we are obligated to take that message before the ruling authorities just as Jesus did. He did not shy away from exposing corruption within the government of Israel openly and with boldness and we must follow His example.

   We must be bold but at the same time we must realize that we are not wrestling against a man but against a spirit. We must confront that spirit within men in the same manner Jesus did when He looked Peter in the eye and said “Get behind me Satan!”

 Those being used by Satan usually do not realize they are being controlled or manipulated by him and will undoubtedly react unfavorably toward us. Being bold and speaking truth cost Jesus his life and reputation. Because He valued truth above all else He was demonized, persecuted, wrongly charged with crimes, prosecuted and murdered for speaking out publically. We should expect no less.