“WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN THEE.” PSALM 56:3
Interesting isn’t it that God doesn’t promise us that we will never be afraid? Is there a person who likes the emotion of honest fear, not the kind you experience on a thrill-ride (where you understand that you’re probably safe), but who enjoys honest fear; where the situation you dread the most could become reality?
The psalmist makes a determination; he doesn’t proclaim that he will never be afraid, for he knows that would be intellectually dishonest. Instead he says, “WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN THEE”. In whom is the psalmist placing his trust? He is placing his trust in God. He says, “God, in those times I am afraid – I choose to trust you!”
Trust is a choice; lack of trust in God is sin for the Bible instructs us “ANYTHING NOT BORN OF FAITH IS SIN”. This man says, as we should also say; “WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN THEE.”
The psalmist says, “In those times when fear arises in me, I choose already to put my trust in you!”
Having placed his trust in God doesn’t indicate that the fear will immediately disappear or even fade away, it does indicate that in spite of being in fear he will proceed in faith with God.
Courage is not the absence of fear; courage is doing the right thing in spite of your fear. This is the greatest sort of courage; doing what we ought in the face of fear; “THOU PREPAREST A TABLE FOR ME IN THE MIDST OF MINE ENEMIES!” “I may be surrounded by enemies, by death, by fear, but I am going to feast in you even if they do not disappear, even if they do not leave, even in their presence.” How many times we allow fear to dislocate us from God’s will for us. God’s will for the three Hebrew Children was that they be thrown into the furnace to show His faithfulness. His great mercy and care and their unwavering faith allowed them to walk out without a single hair singed.
Do NOT allow fear to push you from God’s presence, even if you are to go through the furnace. Even there; God will show Himself faithful. “WHAT SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD?” In short – NOTHING!“WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN THEE.” AMEN!
Interesting isn’t it that God doesn’t promise us that we will never be afraid? Is there a person who likes the emotion of honest fear, not the kind you experience on a thrill-ride (where you understand that you’re probably safe), but who enjoys honest fear; where the situation you dread the most could become reality?
The psalmist makes a determination; he doesn’t proclaim that he will never be afraid, for he knows that would be intellectually dishonest. Instead he says, “WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN THEE”. In whom is the psalmist placing his trust? He is placing his trust in God. He says, “God, in those times I am afraid – I choose to trust you!”
Trust is a choice; lack of trust in God is sin for the Bible instructs us “ANYTHING NOT BORN OF FAITH IS SIN”. This man says, as we should also say; “WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN THEE.”
The psalmist says, “In those times when fear arises in me, I choose already to put my trust in you!”
Having placed his trust in God doesn’t indicate that the fear will immediately disappear or even fade away, it does indicate that in spite of being in fear he will proceed in faith with God.
Courage is not the absence of fear; courage is doing the right thing in spite of your fear. This is the greatest sort of courage; doing what we ought in the face of fear; “THOU PREPAREST A TABLE FOR ME IN THE MIDST OF MINE ENEMIES!” “I may be surrounded by enemies, by death, by fear, but I am going to feast in you even if they do not disappear, even if they do not leave, even in their presence.” How many times we allow fear to dislocate us from God’s will for us. God’s will for the three Hebrew Children was that they be thrown into the furnace to show His faithfulness. His great mercy and care and their unwavering faith allowed them to walk out without a single hair singed.
Do NOT allow fear to push you from God’s presence, even if you are to go through the furnace. Even there; God will show Himself faithful. “WHAT SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD?” In short – NOTHING!“WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN THEE.” AMEN!
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