Fear Not!

(Genesis 15:1) "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield;”

Fear is part of life and yet it needn’t be! So long as we apply the Word of God to our lives, when we believe in Him it will be well with our souls, trials will be ostensible and yet fear will be kept at bay so long as we learn to trust the words of God! If God says something, it will come to pass. Period! There is no supposition with God’s will. Guess work never enters the equation! If He has settled something in His heart and mind it will happen. It is pointless hoping against the inevitable. You have more chance of winning the Lotto than wishing against the Word of God. People have tried and they will continue to stab and disprove God’s Word, the Bible. But they will always fail as it is an impossible task! Why do you think that the Bible is the greatest seller of all times? It holds the keys to eternal life and the answers needed for the trials of life are found in the good book. It is a guide for all willing to put their trust in it. In fact this is what the Apostle John has to say about the “Word of God”; “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.” (John 1:1-3)

And yet there are many families that have a Bible on their bookshelves gathering dust. That will help no one; it’s like going to a gunfight with no bullets in the magazine and an unloaded chamber! We must pick it up and read and then read some more. Even if you are amongst the sceptics, do not take the word of other people, you pick up the bible and read it, make up your own mind. Do not be like the ostrich, burying your head in the sand saying all will be well when surrounded by predators. That is the way of the fool!

We all make mistakes and who hasn’t blundered in one form or another, there was only ever one man who made no mistakes and He is the “Word of God”, the Lord Jesus Christ, became a man and lived a perfect life without sin, paying the price for sinners so that they could go free! “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:12-14)

  

How was it that I received faith to believe that God is who He says He is? Through the Word of God! Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God. It was a miraculous miracle! I have failed many tests along the way, hypocrisy playing its part in my life, but only so far and no further is now my cry! Thank God for His mercies that is never ending! The Word of God (Jesus) is faithful, trust in Him we must!

Abram was a man that showed favour to men and no greater favour can a man show his friend than point them to the Word of God, for when they find it, it will free them from the clutches of death and destruction. There is no greater power on heaven or earth than the Word of God! It was the Word of God that created the universe, God speaks and it happens. It is up to the individual to trust God at His Word!

Regardless of what seems to be our lot in life, when we learn to trust God at His Word it will be well with our souls. Even when ours worlds begin to fall around us, if we can trust the Word of God we would have begun to learn the lessons of life which will prepare us for the life to come.

Here is a good example which the Apostle Paul teaches us about believing God at His Word; “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) – Regardless of the throes of life and what appears to be happening when we take verses like these and appropriate then into daily living, it proves that we walk by faith and it will equip us to face the onslaught, come what may.

Considering that it was the Apostle Pauls testimony that played a part in him penning those words; “Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one--I am talking like a madman--with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant? If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” (2Corinthians 11:23-30)

Paul was a man that should have been afraid but because he trusted His God, fear had very little hold on his life, HE TRUSTED THE WORD OF GOD! We must also follow suite! May God give us the resolve to find grace to appropriate His Word to our lives especially when the chips are down! Glory to God alone forever and ever, Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone