Fear Not, For I Am With You

 

Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”

There seems to be so much to be fearful of in the world today. Terrorists, Drug Cartels, deranged active shooters, home invasion robbers, pandemic virus and influenza outbreaks, existential threats and stock market crashes to name a few. The local and national news sensationalize and escalate issues which drives widespread panic and worry. The media sources has been given the nickname of “the Bad News” because excitable people, in general, desire to hear the “dirty deeds” and “horrific happenings” rather than the boring “good news”. But, the result is mass hysteria as our heath and well-being are threatened. Fear factors can be intentionally employed to control and direct the people or drive spending behaviors. That is manufactured fearfulness and not of God.

2 Timothy 1:7 New “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

The God that created the heavens and the earth, every atom and element, along with everything that lives and breathes designed, fashioned and formed all with unity, peace and purpose. Deterioration, decay and death entered into the physical world through sin and the Fall of Mankind, but redemption, restoration and salvation is the goal, not fear. Fear can drive us out of our mind and distract us from the solid foundation of faith on the solid rock of belief in the All-powerful, All-knowing and ever-present Lord of all, who is in control of every situation.

Matthew 16:16-18 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Times and events may seem out-of-control at times, but nothing is out of the control of our Creator and Heavenly Father. When our world gets sideways or turns upside down, we need to take a step back for a moment and turn to our living God in fervent prayer. This big bad world doesn’t owe us a things and has no ultimate power over the child of God and citizen of the kingdom of Heaven. How big is our God? The problems of the world are nothing in comparison, so why fear and worry ourselves over them? Christ has overcome the world. The Lord, our God, is for us. Maybe, we should start living like it.

Romans 8:31 “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”

Go in the peace of Christ and boldly proclaiming the unstoppable gospel of Jesus Christ in faith, hope and love, in the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit and the righteous hand of Almighty God. 

In Christ, Brian