Posted on 01/02/2021 11:14:39 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh” (Proverbs 3:25 KJV).
“Be not afraid of sudden fear,” there are some things about fear over in First John:
“Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world [You get in the right relationship with God, you will know God’s boldness in your life]. There is no fear in love [The more your love is perfected toward God—the more you understand Him—the less you will fear]; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us” (I John 4:17-19 KJV).
“. . . but perfect love casteth out fear,” you want to perfect your Love for God. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with . . . what? . . . ALL! You have no worries, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (I Peter 5:7 KJV). Or, as my daughter would say when she was young, “Casting all your carrots on Him, because He has carrots for you!” Jesus said that He would give us rest.
“. . . because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love,” when a saved man is afraid of the elements, and afraid of the circumstances, he just doesn’t understand the Lord yet. He doesn’t realize that “the love of God is shed abroad in his heart,” or “that he will never leave thee, nor forsake thee,” or that “all things work together for good.” When a man begins to realize all that God is doing for him, and has done for them, that love for God begins to become perfect and he loves him with all his heart, and soul, and might. Then he won’t need to worry about anything because he knows that the Lord will take care of it.
God walks in front of us, behind us, and by our sides. Forget Allstate, we are in good hands with God!
“. . . neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh,” it is good to be living with and for the Lord for when the judgment falls, you’ll be in the right place. “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Revelation 18:4 KJV).
When we are doing right, we’ll be just as safe as Rahab when the walls of Jericho fell. Everybody else was destroyed. Everybody else was wiped out, but Rahab was snug as a bug in a rug. Her house was still standing. She did right. She obeyed God.
“Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.”
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[ or that “all things work together for good.” ]
I have to reminded myself of that all the time. 8/
[ or that “all things work together for good.” ]
I have to reminded myself of that all the time. 8/
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