Fear of what lies ahead can be very strong and frightening, but
belief in God's faithfulness can give us greater faith. We don't live in the
future, and we don't need to worry over what may or may not happen. We live in
the here and now.
How many of us struggle to figure out what is going to happen? We
shouldn't try. It is a good thing that we do not know everything that is to
come. God keeps it from us for our own benefit. Having a strong faith is more
important than knowing what is ahead. Faith is worth too much to sacrifice in
an attempt to bring peace to our minds. What we discover might be more than we
can bear. Faith rises from an intimate knowledge of God. And the peace that
comes from that intimacy is beyond human understanding (Philippians 4:6-7).
When we ask Him to take
care of all that we face, we must trust Him completely to take care of it. When
we give Him our worry for the present and our concern for what is to come, we
must empty ourselves completely of all that hinders His work in us. “Now the
Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2
Corinthians 3:17). He longs to be free in us. If we hold on to fear that
defines who we are, there is no room for Him. There is no freedom.
If I pray for Him to
save me from difficulty and worry, then I must trust that He will. If I don't
trust, then I become helpless and powerless. He is my rescuer and wants to rescue
me. Instead of fighting His help when I am drowning, I will trust in His
faithfulness to lift me out of my sea of despair. He calls me to launch out
into the deep. I will not fight my rescuer because I fear drowning. God has not
given me a spirit of fear, but of His power and His love and a sound mind (2
Timothy 1:7). I will not drown. I can depend on Him.
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