Last week I started an online bible study with my friend (and fellow Island Girl) Amber, from Still His Girl.
Our topic, based on Daniel 1 was Exploring: Courage, Conquering: Fear
One of the "assignments" (all of which are graciously *optional*) was to write about what scriptures spoke the most to me...in the face of fear.
What do I fear?
I guess the first stanza of Psalm 27: 5 explains it all:
For in the day of trouble....
That's the part I fear...
Like most of you, I've seen some trouble in my past.
Some very painful trouble.
I fear that trouble will find me again...sneak up upon me... or my children, or my loved ones.
Fear is a thief that steals hope and robs joy.
It distracts from the most important part of Psalm 27:5:
He will hide me safe in His dwelling.
He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle.
And set me high upon a rock.
Certainly, in the face of trouble, God does not leave us.
He protects us. He hides us. He sets us in high places where the storm will not wash us away.
Sometimes this happens in ways we cannot see until the trouble has passed.
Hind-sight is almost always 20/20.
Charles Fulton Oursler said this:
Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves- regret for our past and fear of tomorrow.
I pray that is never said of me....
Christ hung on that cross so that I wouldn't have to be afraid of trouble.
Will trouble come?
Probably.
But...
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them,
for the Lord your God goes with you.; he will never leave you or forsake you....
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither angel nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers,
neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation
will be able to separate us from the
love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Duet 31:6 & Romans 8:38)
