I will fear no evil. (Psalm 23:4) 
       Fearing no evil is easier said than done. 
        Anyone who steps out and is met by a rattlesnake will most likely have fear. No matter that you have done nothing to deserve to be snakebitten. You will have fear because that rattlesnake can attack without even being provoked. It takes only one rattlesnake to destroy you, or at least instill fear that the power of his venom is able to destroy you. 
        Everyone has ‘rattlesnakes’ in their lives. Christians who step out on faith and are sold out to God will most likely have even more. 
        Your ‘rattlesnake’ might be a physical sickness or a terminal disease, the death of a friend or loved one, the loss of a job, a dire financial situation, your home destroyed by fire, another tragedy -- an enemy who attacks without being provoked. 
        Satan’s strategy is to use 'rattlesnakes' to instill fear in the lives of God’s children, and stop them from trusting in and serving God. 
        Scripture says that the devil is a thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Worse than a thief who steals money is a thief who steals lives, peace and joy, friendships, good names, unity among believers. He doesn’t just take; he gives, too. What he takes, he replaces – with death, pain, hostility, anger, envy, deceit, disunity. 
        Christians on fire to serve God and to live a Christ-like life are a target for the enemy. Because the enemy's mission is to stop God's work, he will attack God's workers. The devil does not want the lost saved. When Christians try to show others the way to salvation and live by example a life of purity and truth, they are 'making trouble' for the devil, and so the devil will try to make trouble for them. 
        The master deceiver, he proclaims that good is evil and that evil is good. As the serpent was in the Garden of Eden, the enemy is the master of twisting the intended meaning of words and actions, to deceive and to cast doubt on what is true and good. 
        He is a dangerous foe, who seeks to deceive, dominate, and intimidate God's children. 
        The enemy's attacks are sometimes direct and other times subtle. The enemy can strike suddenly, but, like a slithering snake hiding in the grass, he also can lie patiently in wait for the right opportunity to attack. 
        Christians should remember that facing the devil means that we are headed in the opposite direction from the enemy - and that should be the Christian's goal, to walk a life in direct contrast to the enemy. Children of God need to remember, too, that verse in Psalm 23 that says, "I will fear no evil", and also the words that come afterward in that same verse: "for thou art with me." 
        'Thou' means the Lord. God is with His children whenever the enemy attacks. The enemy wants to destroy the Christian's life with fear. Children of God need to learn to not be intimidated by the enemy, to not fear evil, but trust in an all-knowing God to fight the good fight of faith, to burn more brightly the eternal light of truth and faith that the enemy is trying to extinguish, to continue living a pure life devoted to God, and to walk arm in arm in unity with fellow believers.