FREEDOM FROM FEAR

DEUTERONOMY 1:29-30:
"DREAD NOT, NEITHER BE AFRAID OF THEM...GOD GOETH BEFORE YOU, HE SHALL FIGHT FOR YOU."

In the book of Deuteronomy, the Lord is giving laws of all kinds. It was a commandment of Trust. In chapter 20; He commands them to let not their hearts faint, nor fear or tremble. Also in chapter 31; fear not, I will not fail you, is what He is saying. Through it all, they feared, even though He had someone tell them that He would take care of them, they did not have the relationship with Him, or want to trust His Word to them. Even when He came down and met with them they still trembled and told Moses to go and speak to Him for them...

What are we to deduce here? For the Lord to have to send someone to tell people several times to not fear, they must be really afraid of something... They, who among us is the they, that He has to keep reminding them not to fear. Are we affected by the fears of others? Can others rob us of our time with the Lord?

We must all know that He is the God of the Whole, and Master of the individual.
What He says to all, He will honor to the one. He makes no difference, Jew or Gentile alike, He said in Ephesians 2:15; "ONE NEW MAN," was made by His Blood.

Christ became our peace, "FOR HE HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE," was spoken by the Holy Spirit through Paul in Ephesians 2:14.

I want peace with myself, and with God's Word; I want to trust and obey; I want to know that He will not fail me, and that Word of Fact, be my guide through out eternity.

PJCOPTY'S CORNER "That Way" manual; Segment 8: 08/17/2008