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fear and the future


 

Fear is a damaging thing.  In fact as we move toward 2021 we have a choice to prepare for the future and to not live out of fear.  This is a really big deal.


Conversations are happening around you, I would guess, as they are happening around me.  People want to believe in something.  People are looking for hope.  We should and can be the ones delivering the message, sharing the light and being an example of how to deal with what is happening around us as well as what will happen ahead of us.


The pandemic continues.  Covid is spreading.  Fear is building.  Yet all through it God is working, and he is working in incredible ways.  Do you see it?  Are you hearing about it?


Scripture describes this for us in almost every book, and if you will, on almost every page of the Bible.  Take a look at Psalm 34 that opens some of this truth for the reader.


Psalm 34:4-10  NLT

I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. 5  Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces. 6  In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened; he saved me from all my troubles. 7 For the angel of the Lord is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him. 8  Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! 9  Fear the Lord, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need. 10  Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.


The Lord answers my prayers.  


He frees me from my fears.


Joy is the outcome of God’s work in my life.


The Lord saves me from my troubles.


His angels will guard me and defends me.


Take refuge in Him and enjoy how good He is.


Fear God and see our needs met because He is our strength and our supply.


That is the truth about our God.  He is able.  He is working.  Stop living your life in fear, or stop allowing fear to wreck your life.  Too many people around us are doing just that.  Another reason that we should be sharing Hope, doing all we can to be safe and being kind while we serve others each and every day.  


God is working!  The new year is almost here.

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