Fear - SE StudentsSample

Sometimes a little fear is good for us. As we learned on Day 1, our body has natural reactions to fear that actually can help us to survive a dangerous situation. It is the same in a spiritual sense: our hearts can learn to have a natural reaction to fear to help us learn to trust our God. 

God is not always going to remove the fear or negative situations from our lives, and we will find ourselves still waiting. That does not mean He has not been listening to our cry, and it does not mean that He is not present with us. In fact, the opposite is true. He is always listening, and He is always with us. 

This is where David found himself in Psalm 27. While he wrote these words, David was still in the middle of his fear. He had not yet been delivered from it.  When we read the last two verses of Psalm 27, it might seem like David was already delivered from his enemies and from his fears; however, David was still in the middle and waiting. It is important to notice that, even in the midst of his situation, David trusted God. 

When we find ourselves still waiting, still fearful, still wondering what the outcome might be—we can remain confident that we, too, will see God’s goodness, because that’s just who He is. God is good. We can hold firmly to David’s words—knowing that he experienced fear just like us—and wait patiently. As David wrote these words, he was reminding himself to continue on, “Be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” When you find yourself in a place of fear, write these words somewhere you will see them often, and be reminded that the Lord is still good. 

Thanks for completing this reading plan! We pray that this helped you get connected to Jesus. We would love to hear from you on how God used this plan in your life. Keep the conversation going by emailing us at keeptalking@secc.org.