Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
The wicked, those who turn against God can be so arrogant. They seem almost fearless, which sadly, is credited to them as strength. The media’s super-heroes seem to be imbued with this property, which creates the admiration of its immature unsuspecting audiences.
What is it with this fascination with fearlessness?
The wicked fear not because they have rejected the sense of fear put in them by God. They want to defy it, and doing so defy God like Nimrod who wanted to build a tower all the way to Heaven. It is abnormal to not be afraid, just like it is abnormal to be numb to the conviction from the Holy-Spirit of God when we have done wrong.
God put in us a natural sense of danger. It is like the voice if God in us. It warns and protects us. It is therefore like a light in darkness. Those who reject this natural sense of fear also reject the voice of God in them. And those who reject the voice of God in them reject the light of God and therefore, they walk in darkness, not knowing at what they stumble.
There is a difference with fearlessness and courage. Fearlessness is the absence of fear; courage is the conquest of fear.
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