Can the Strong Survive?

I’ve heard it said many times by many people that only the strong shall survive.  From experience over the last 19 years of Pastoring, I have never seen this statement lived out in reality.  There is always some set of circumstances and situations that ultimately destroy the strength of the human spirit.   Fear seems to be the ultimate culprit of our demise.

In the beginning when Adam and Eve were in the garden yielded to sin, the first response after their disobedience was fear.  They hid themselves.  In other words their strength was gone.  Our struggle with fear is well documented throughout scripture.  It must be pointed out that thtis is the goal of enemy that we hide from God.  Therefore, we can say that fear is one of the fundamental tools that Satan uses against us.

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