Fear Not

Gen. 15:1" ...Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."
Gen. 26:24 ".. am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee.."
Gen. 50:21 " Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.."
Duet. 3:2 "Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people.."
Josh. 8:1 - "..Fear not, neither be thou dismayed.."
II Kings 6:16 "And he answered , Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them."
I Chron. 28:20"..Be strong and of good courage , and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed : for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,"
Psalms 56:4 "In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust ; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. "
Psalms 118:4 "The LORD is on my side; I will not fear : what can man do unto me? "
Isaiah 43:5  "Fear not: for I am with thee: "      
Matt 10:26   "Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered , that shall not be revealed"
Matt 10:28   "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul "  
Matt. 10:31  "Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. "
Luke 2:10 "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold , I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. "
Romans 8:15 "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry , Abba, Father. "
II Timothy 1:7  " For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
Hebrews 13:6 "So that we may boldly say , The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. "


These are just a few of the verses that relate to fear and what God has told us about fear.  Basically He says 'don't do it'.  Yet it is so easy to do.  We don't mean to give into fear but the devil knows that fear is a crack that he can use to get inside our heads.  There are so many things out there to fear.  The world we live in is wicked, those that live around us are dangerous.  Fear is on every hand.


Yet God says 'Fear Not'.  Why does He tell us not to fear?  It is because He is with us.  He keeps us.  Notice in II Timothy 1:7, it says we are not given the spirit of fear but we are given power, love and a sound mind.  God knows that satan wants to use our mind as his play ground.  If he can get in your head, he can chip away at our faith.  Fear and faith cannot peacefully co-exist.  When fear meets faith, fear is destroyed. 


I hope that the verses above give you the same comfort as they do me.  That God cares enjoy not to just tell me to not be afraid, but He repeats it over and over again.  He knows there are those like me out there that forget, we don't see how deliverance will come.  So he tells us in so many different context and situations that we can see no matter what is going on, we are to fear not. 


His love is made manifest to us in His desire to protect us from fear.  He knows that fear can disable us to worship and/or work.  He knows that we need to learn to trust, as our trust builds, just like our faith building, it makes the fear disappear.


Lord, today we thank You for your fear bursting love.  We love you and we praise Your goodness to us.