God teaches that righteousness leads to prosperity. Modern social thought presumes prosperity is necessary for righteousness.
When God causes our idols to fall on their face before Him, why do we set them up again?
Don’t fight in armor that’s not been tested. Don’t let the enemy determine your strategy. The staff, sling, and stones were enough before. They will work again if you come in the name of the Lord.
An action carries with it a certain amount of risk. Risk of failure, criticism, even persecution, oppression, or . It is the rfear of this risk that keeps many Christians inactive or subservient to someone else’s cause. This fear produces organization and bureacracy. Therefore, Timothy is told we have no spirit of fear but of power, love and sound mind. There is no reward for the soldier who will not fight, the farmer who will not plant, or the runner who will not race. Let them say and do what they will, call me what they will, but let them know I feared God over any other, whether by my word or deed.
Peace.