Get ready to start a journey…a journey through the pages of the Bible and the pages of your life.
Ever feel like you don’t measure up? Ever feel like life’s assignment is beyond your skill level? Convinced that you don’t have what it takes? Don’t feel alone. The line of people feeling inadequate stretches around the block. But you don’t have to stand stuck in that long line.
The fear of uncertainty causes us to run … fast. We run to places we think will bring comfort. We run to places where the pain can be dulled temporarily. Fear causes us to run to unhealthy places that deliver short-lived satisfaction and false hope.
God finds me in the darkness, the place where fear of the unknown resides, but he doesn’t leave me there. He is my personal light, revealing the sin of my heart, showing my desperate need, and illuminating the right path to take.
Fear and friendship. Those words normally don’t go together. How can the Lord be a friend “to those who fear him”? Doesn’t fear cause us to run away? Isn’t friendship for those who stay close?
Some people like to trust in tangible stuff. Things they can see and touch, such as a strong showing of the Dow, a large and equipped military, a secure retirement, or their party running the government.
We are most unsettled when we have settled into disobedience. When our will has its back turned on God, chaos reigns within. When we’ve decided that our way is best, anxiety is amped up. On any road trip away from God, fear rides shotgun.