“Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.” Revelation 1:17-18 NASB Do not be afraid – “. . . the opposite of the believer was not the heretic…
How blessed is the man who fears always, but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity. Proverbs 28:14 NASB Fear always – We are apt to recite the fact that Scripture exhorts us some 366 times not to fear. This could lead us to imagine that fear has no place in the life…
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. Psalm 56:3 NASB When – Are you afraid? I am. I have had a growing sense of fear for about a year now. I am concerned that our civilization is rushing toward the brink at breakneck speed. I look at my own financial circumstances. …
“Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the LORD’s commandments and His statutes which I…
The great day of YHWH is near; it is near and rushing greatly, the sound of the day of YHWH. Zephaniah 1:14 (J. P. Green, literal translation) Day Of YHWH – Did you see the movie “2012”? A typical disaster flick, it works off the supposed end of the world predicted by the Mayan calendar. …
They feared YHWH and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among who they had been carried away into exile. To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear YHWH, . . . 2 Kings 17:33-34 Feared – This just doesn’t make any sense. Verse…
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – The children of Israel read the 27th Psalm in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. They do this as a matter of preparation for repentance (teshuvah from the verb shuv). Why is the 27th Psalm so important to the beginning of the…
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – The question is rhetorical. The expected answer is “No one.” But that answer usually leaves out the one person that I really do fear. Even when no one else can bring me low because the Lord is my shepherd, there…
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – Maybe it helps to be the king. I can see why David doesn’t fear anyone or anything. He has God on his side and he’s the king. That’s a big advantage. But what about the rest of us? We don’t…
The truth is that I’m afraid. I don’t mean that I’m afraid of the possibilities of life. I don’t cower under the prospect of hurricanes, earthquakes or tornados. I’m really not fretfully anxious about economic loss or political unrest. I absolutely believe that God engineers my life for His purposes. That gives me a kind…
