Copied From Our Daily Bread
2012-05-22 Fear Not
— by
Randy
Kilgore
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Read : Isaiah
43 :1 - 4
43:1 But now thus saith the LORD
that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I
have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of
Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast
been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and
people for thy life. life: or, person
Fear not, for I
have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. —Isaiah 43:1
Bible in a Year : Job 28 - 31
My wife became seriously ill during her pregnancy with our second child.
As the doctors struggled to find the problem, she continued to grow
weaker—dangerously so.
Watching her suffer was a helpless and horrible feeling for me, and there
were days when it felt as if God were not hearing our prayers.
One Sunday, while I was looking for comfort from Scripture, my eyes landed
on the first verse in Isaiah 43.
“Fear not,” it begins, and ends with
“you are Mine.”
Instantly, the Holy Spirit made the words personal.
The intimate way God addresses
Israel reminded me of His always-present attention to us too: “When you pass through the waters . . . through the rivers . . . through
the fire” (v.2).
Each phrase rose up in crescendo, from the pages to my heart.
Our comfort in that hour came not from promises of healing or miracles,
but from knowing we were never alone.
We had many other frightening times, including just after Ethan’s birth,
when it looked as if both he and Cheryl would be lost.
But God had used His words to comfort us and prepare us for those harder
moments!
Let these words be a reminder to you that you are never alone.
At times our
fears may loom so large,
We long for proof that God is near;
It’s then our Father says to us,
”Have faith, My child, and do not fear.” —D. De Haan
Never forget in
the darkness, what you know to be true in the light.
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