Today’s Scripture…
Hebrews 13:5-6
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” 6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
Thoughts…
It is so funny how somedays God chooses to use similar verses and topics in my life to get my attention. Does He ever do that to you? It is like you hear a song on the radio talking about courage, then pick up your bible study and it is on fear, only to open your notes and see you have to write your blog today on a verse that says, “don’t be afraid.” Hmmm…I think God might be trying to say something.
Actually, I know exactly what He is trying to remind me. We will always face fear. We will always feel fear. It doesn’t make us weak or mean we lack faith. What we do with that fear shows our faith. This verse in particular says He will not leave us or forsake us, so don’t be afraid. When fear strikes, we don’t have to live in that fear. We can march on through the situation; we are not alone.
Please remember, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt). Whatever God has in store for you and I is so much more important than the fear in front of us.
Prayer…
