He Himself has said….So we may boldly
say… —Hebrews 13:5-6
My assurance is to be built upon God’s
assurance to me. God says, “I will never leave you,” so that then I “may boldly
say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear’ ” (Hebrews 13:5-6). In other
words, I will not be obsessed with apprehension. This does not mean that I will
not be tempted to fear, but I will remember God’s words of assurance. I will be
full of courage, like a child who strives to reach the standard his father has
set for him. The faith of many people begins to falter when apprehensions enter
their thinking, and they forget the meaning of God’s assurance— they forget to
take a deep spiritual breath. The only way to remove the fear from our lives is
to listen to God’s assurance to us.
What are you fearing? Whatever it may be, you
are not a coward about it— you are determined to face it, yet you still have a
feeling of fear. When it seems that there is nothing and no one to help you,
say to yourself, “But ‘The Lord is my helper’ this very moment, even in my
present circumstance.” Are you learning to listen to God before you speak, or
are you saying things and then trying to make God’s Word fit what you have
said? Take hold of the Father’s assurance, and then say with strong courage, “I
will not fear.” It does not matter what evil or wrong may be in our way,
because “He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you….’ ”
Human frailty is another thing that gets
between God’s words of assurance and our own words and thoughts. When we
realize how feeble we are in facing difficulties, the difficulties become like
giants, we become like grasshoppers, and God seems to be nonexistent. But
remember God’s assurance to us— “I will never…forsake you.” Have
we learned to sing after hearing God’s keynote? Are we continually filled with
enough courage to say, “The Lord is my helper,” or are we yielding to fear?
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