To see the small version of their fear makes the person realize that they have nothing to fear but fear itself. Before we get too far into this sermon let me give you a chance to do that for yourself. When I teach the Enneagram, I state that each of the nine personalities in the system is based on an original fear. You are one of those personalities. This theory, which I use to help people understand self, others, and God, says that we live out our lives avoiding our basic fear.
Freedom comes in facing our original fear.
The people, who have been delivered from Pharaoh's bondage in Egypt, have started to complain again. Moses, their leader, just cannot do anything right. There is not enough food and not enough water. Moses' God, who was supposed to be the answer to all their questions, is not coming through. As a result, poisonous snakes bite the people and they start to die.