OVERCOMING FEAR

PSALM 59

Saturday, July 20, 2013

6:29 AM

Evil powers are too great for us.

They are out to destroy us.

 

In my new heart, I seek to know and serve You in holiness and righteousness.

But, I live in a hostile world that  seeks to oppose me and tempts me to abandon You for lies and false hopes.

 

Fearful, frightening thoughts of evil attack me, especially at night.

 

I must learn to believe that I can rely on You.

I must stay "Under His wings" as my refuge in times of trouble.

 

I will take refuge in the shadow of Your wings until the disaster has passed.

Psalm 57.1

 

I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord."

 

I remember

(think about, dwell on,  "obsess,")

my affliction and bitterness

And my soul is downcast within me.

 

Yet this I call to mind

(set my mind on, think about, meditate on)

And therefore I have hope: 

Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,

for His compassions never fail. 

They are new every morning;

great is Your faithfulness.

 

 (Instead of thinking, "My splendor and hope are gone," etc.),

 

I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion ;

therefore, I will wait for Him."

 

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him…

Lamentations 3.18-28, 31-36

 

Morning will come.

Morning will come with new mercies,

mercies I never knew existed.

These mercies will include love, faithfulness, righteousness, peace, compassion and grace.

(See Psalm 85.10-13; 86.15-16.)

 

I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Be strong and courageous… 

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips;

meditate on it day and night,

so that you may be careful to do everything written in it… 

Have I not commanded you? 

Be strong and courageous. 

Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged,

for the Lord you God will be with you wherever you go.

Joshua 1.6-9 

 

 

"The work of God is this: 

to believe in the One He has sent."

John 6.29 

 

Our greatest enemy is the fear that comes from unbelief.

We must fight fear with faith.

 

Faith comes from the Word of God.

 

We must believe what God says.

 

We must read with meditation

to know and understand

what God is saying.

 

And then,

DO IT!