True Change Ministries : Fear Or Fear Not?

It's virtually impossible to go a day without hearing from or about someone who is fearful, worried, or anxious about something. Whether it be fear of what people think of you, not having enough money, being away from home, failure, sickness, or losing a loved one. We all long for more of God's peace in the midst of the stresses of our lives.

"Fear not" is the most repeated command in the Bible. It has been said that there are 365 "Fear nots" in the bible; one for every day of the year. Lloyd Ogilvie in his book Facing the future without Fear says there are 366 "Fear nots". One for every day plus leap year. There is actually only 103 occurrences of that term in the Bible. But not being fearful is spoken of more than 500 times.

God wants us to be reminded more than everyday to not be fearful. To trust Him in the situations where we in our finite minds aren't able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Psalms are the Bible's great soul book, meant to train us to respond to all of life's situations and difficulties through prayer and trust in the Lord.

In Psalms 56, David has been seized by the Philistines and he starts to become afraid, but instead he sets his vision on his Lord and Saviour. He praises God and his word to all of us to "Fear not".
When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?

You see you must understand; without a belief and trust in God, that tunnel will always be dark. Is you heart right with God? Have you put your belief in Christ? Have you called out to him for salvation? Once you have been liberated from sin, you are giving a guiding light to shine a path of joy through all of life's problems. The outcome may not always be what you hoped or even prayed for. But know this; even in the hard difficult outcomes of life, He truly does only have the best interest of His children at heart. It may not be today, or tomorrow, or even for years down the line. At some point you will look back and see that trial in your life made you even stronger.

What fear is trying to take hold of you right now? What threat or trouble are you facing? Watch and pray as David did. "When I am afraid of _____________, I will trust in you, and you will light my path out of the darkness." Matthew 6:25-27 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?”