"In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you." (Isaiah 54: 14)
For so long, I would deal with fears and upsets in my life by thinking through the possible outcomes.
I tried to reason with myself, looking for every reason to dispute every potential concern or fear.
All of that mental anguish, though, produced nothing but frustration. Every reason I would come up with, would only give birth to more fears, more worries.
The answer to any of the threats in our lives, the fears which do not go away, is not to confirm to our minds that such terrible things may or may not happen.
The solution to is to keep receiving the gift of righteousness which God the Father gives us through His Son Jesus Christ:
"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5: 17)
Take a look at any of the fears which you are facing.
Go one step further, and you will find that it is not so much fear, but rather shame, guilt, or reproach right behind the fear, with an added element which deceitfully implies that God is angry with you, or doe not care about you.
Not at all.
God shows, present tense!, His love for us because He sent His Son to die for us (Romans 5: 8), who was raised from the dead for our justification (Romans 4: 25)
When we rest in the truth that all our sins have been paid for, that Jesus' death condemned sin in our flesh, too (Romans 8:3), we can rest in the assured promises of Isaiah 54: 17 that no weapon of shame or reproach will prosper against us.
Rest in His righteousness, which we receive because of God's perfect love for us demonstrated at the Cross, and watch every fear cast out of your life! (1 John 4: 18)
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