Eze 3:8-11 - Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. Like emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.” Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. And go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear or refuse to hear.”
Fear them not nor be discouraged by their looks… Don’t allow these stubborn people to cause you to fear nor do not allow their looks to dismay or discourage you. Don’t allow bad news to discourage. Don’t let threats or evil intentions or anything that like the cause you to fear. I am in control. I have a plan. I am compassionate. I understand these people. Therefore fear me by listening to me and obeying me. Fear me, not them.
Ps 25:12 - Who, then, is the man that fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.
This verse describes so many of the saints of the Bible. God is looking for people who do not fear anything except himself so that He can use them to accomplish feats for His glory. Fearing gives power and thus glory to those with less power and glory than God. Fearing God enables us to live without regard for anything else.
