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Fear Not: Death

Trusting in the God who is the giver of life

If our fear of the future is where all of our other fears start, then it is fair to say that our fear of death is where they end. Death is our final fear. 

This fear doesn’t need any explanation. We all get it. 

So, let’s get on to the good news because there is lots of good news! Death may be our final fear, but death does not have the final word! As God does with all of our fears, He looks at death and says, Fear Not!

“On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. ...” (Isaiah 25:7-8)

How can this be? How will death be swallowed up?

“For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:21-22)

In Christ! In Christ, we will be made alive. 

And, “... then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory.' 'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?' The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:54-57)

Because of Jesus, death is robbed of the fear it holds over us. There is no fear, there is no sting. There is only love and life, in Jesus. But again, we find ourselves asking…how can this be? How can our greatest fear just be gone? It goes like this…

“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:9-10)

The fear, the grip, the punishment - gone - because of love. Perfect love casts out all fear.

Today as you read, look for the love of God! Invite His love into every fearful place, and let His love and His life cast out every fear.