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Gray_Pic HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT FEARETH ALWAY
Dr. Bob Gray Sr.

Proverbs 28:14, “Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.”

Proverbs 3:25, “Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.”

I must confess something! Let me tell you of some fears I have. I fear snakes! I fear heights! It is really a strange thing, because I have flown 6 million air miles, but you put me up on a high ladder and it bothers me. I fear having a stroke and not being able to preach and care for my wife. I fear death, and by the way so do you. Hold it! I know I’m going to Heaven, but if there was just some other way to arrive there! I am not afraid of eternity. I do fear old age. I fear pulling some dumb stunt and losing God’s power. I do not like to fight, but I will not run, and I will fight if I have.

Let me say something, every great thing that has ever been accomplished was accomplished by those who fear and were afraid. If you are afraid today, do not feel bad because there is nothing wrong with fear! There is, however, something wrong with fearing fears. Nothing wrong with being afraid unless you are afraid to be afraid: unless you are afraid to enter some endeavor that you should enter because of fear in that endeavor. It is interesting in that God is telling us here that we should choose to be afraid! In choosing to be afraid you are overcoming the only fear that God tells us not to possess. I am not to be afraid to be afraid!

Once I enter a battle I’m afraid, but I am not to be afraid to enter into a battle. I am not to be afraid to enter into a battle I ought to enter.

God is saying to His children, you should choose to attempt things that you know will cause fear in spite of the fear! We are basically being told by God not to shrink from something because of fear. It takes courage to be afraid! God is saying, do not be a coward and lack the courage of being willing to enter into any endeavor that has fear written all over it!

Anyone who does right in the face of opposition knows there is fear there, but do not be afraid to be afraid of doing right regardless of the outcome and regardless of the opposition.

The first years here in Texas I preached out every week, but I drove to the meetings. My good friend Dr. Howard Hall, pastor of the Shreveport Baptist Temple, and I preached together over 200 times all over the Ark-La-Tex area including Oklahoma. We would drive back through the night after each meeting. We would arrive back home at 3 and 4 in the morning on Wednesdays.

Then one day invitations began coming from around the country, but the only way to get there was to fly. Wow, what would I do? I told Mrs. Gray that I could not fly because I have a fear of heights! It really scared me. In fact, she gave me some Dramamine to take the first time I flew. However, I had to decide whether to take these invitations or not. I decided to be afraid, and that was over 6 million miles ago.

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