Three Reasons God gives us NOT to Fear

The dictionary is filled with phobias that can range from the fear of being without mobile phone coverage (nomophobia) to the fear of trees (hylophobia). I can fear what comes next in my life or my children’s lives, and I can fear for the future of this world, which leads me to panic and worry.

And yet, in Isaiah 41:10 God tells us to not to fear. He says,

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

In this verse, God gives us three reasons to not be afraid.

Remember That God Is With You

The first reason God gives us is this: God tells us, “I am with you.” When we are tempted to fear, we need to remember that God is with us. God promises us that he will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). His Word also says that he will go with us (Deuteronomy 31:6).

We do not face our fears alone. God created us and he knows each specific fear we have. He created our inmost being and knit us together in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13), which includes every tiny cell and every stitch of our personality. God says to his prophet in Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.”

Because God created us, he not only knows our fears, but also the situations which may cause us fear. And yet, we know he never leaves us to face those fears alone if we have put our faith in Jesus Christ. We can take comfort in the fact that God is with us always. And “if God is for us, who can be against us” (Romans 8:31)?

Come on over to Unlocking the Bible where I share the other two reasons and you can join the community there.