Fear Not!

Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. Isaiah 41:10 AMPC

Today's extract charges me not to fear. If I take a look all around me, that message is just apt for this season of uncertainties and inconsistencies. We live in a world where might is right, and sin is no longer viewed for what it is. Man has found novel and contemporary ways to define anything and everything.

Today's extract says there is nothing to fear. Before you go believing just that, read what follows: 'for I am with you'. That is the basis of any assurance or hope a man can hold on to. With God in you, fear has no place to dwell. If you do not have God in you, you will have everything to fear. If your inner man is not at peace, your outer man will definitely look around in terror. God never promised a life free of tribulation; he promised us his Presence and Power, which is sufficient to take care of anything the world can throw at us. He didn't say he will keep us from difficulties, but that he will strengthen us through them. He promises to hold us up with his victorious right hand.

It does not matter what is the quality and quantity of the opposition against me; I must sort out the Person and Presence of the only One who can take care of all the world can throw at me. Life will happen: ask Joseph, while he was in the Pit, in Potiphar's house, and in the Prison. It was recorded that 'God was with him'. No wonder he ended up in the Palace as Prime Minister. There is no limit placed on the man who has and serves the Limitless God. It may not always look like it should; but it will always end up the way it should, just the way God planned it. Hold on to him in this season of uncertainties, for his time of favour is here.