A few verses from my AM Scripture reading in Isaiah 8:

“For this is what the Lord said to me with great power to keep me from going the way of this people:

Do not call everything a conspiracy these people say is a conspiracy.

Do not fear what they fear; do not be terrified->

“You are to regard only the Lord of Armies as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be held in awe.” (vv11-13)

“Go to God’s instruction and testimony!” (v20)

I don’t care what side of the political aisle, what side of a pulpit, what side of a movement or what side of a family it is on. Finding then fanning the flame of people’s fears THEN presenting as the deliverer from those fears is the most effective manipulation tactic on earth.

Christians are the last people who should ever be successfully motivated by fear. We’re not to fear what others fear. We fear—meaning we revere & follow—God alone. Our trust is in Him alone. He alone can save & deliver. He alone is our rock & our salvation.
Christ alone is King.

We’ve lost the ability to see what’s glaring at us. This is why Scripture cautions believers to be sober.
We are drunk with fear.
Drunk with idolatry.
Drunk with rivalry.
Drunk with love of power.
Drunk with love of money.
Drunk with love of hate.
We must sober up to serve.