Fear not the LORD is with you.
How many times have we read that in His Holy Word?
Be of good courage….
How many times have we read that in His Holy Word?
There are obvious signs of what is to come all around us…but with GOD we have nothing to fear.
Make no mistake my friend, we are to encourage one another in the Word, and to lift and unify the love of Christ as we wait upon Him.
However, we should always take it with a grain of salt and recognize the “voices of fear mongers” who seek to weaken our resolve and crumple our very soul, with daily “taunts and screams of dismay” citing, “gloom and doom.”
God is a Father of LOVE, not fear.
God is a Father of compassion and will not seek to destroy nor harm those who are with Him in spirit and heart.
To be aware and to be discerning in all aspects as we go forward in this world, is a given.
Jesus tells us to be as wise as the serpent but as gentle as a dove. To that end…we are to forewarn and to be forewarned…but in the “loving voice of God.”
Not a “screeching voice of doom and gloom.”
We’re seeing that in the media, news…and in the streets we walk.
The voice of God is soft, gentle loving.
It’s never demanding or vulgar.
Instead…it is a whisper, a gentle touch, a breeze of warmth…and reassurance of body, mind and soul.
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me…” John 10:27
We know the ones who claim to be with us in spirit, but seek to destroy or confuse us.
Ye shall know them by their fruits…(as Jesus said in Matthew 7:16)
Embrace Him.
Realize that God has written the Bible for our protection and guidance, and with love in every single word!
The next time you hear a “shrill ugly cry of anger and discord” or “begin to quake inside from fear” of what is being said, remember– that is “not from God.”
No. Fear is not God. Nor is His voice ugly.
God’s voice will be the gentle loving and caressing whisper…saying,
“I will never leave you, nor forsake you,
and lo, I am with you always…even until the end of the world.”
Sssh…do you hear Him?
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39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.