“Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.”
Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children. The prayer is specific and honest — save me, I am afraid, protect the mothers and children. The honesty of the fear is the honesty that makes the prayer authentic rather than performative. The application: the admission of fear in prayer is not faithlessness; it is the honesty that allows the prayer to be genuine.
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