Proverbs 3:25-26
Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes; for the Lord will be your confidence. And will keep your foot from being caught.
Is there anything in which we can put our confidence today? Can we look to our stock market for our investment future? Can we look to our government, dare I ask? Can we look to the banks for our hard earned money to be secure? Can we rely on the generation being raised up? What can we put our confidence in, who can we trust with our future?
As I read this verse recently I was once again reminded that only the Lord is trustworthy and I can place my full confidence in Him. Sudden terror, troubles, wickedness these may all come our way but it is in the Lord that we are steady. The Lord never changes, He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Do you feel yourself breathing out a sigh of relief knowing you can rest on this truth? Is your relationship with Jesus such that He has proven this to you?
If you aren't certain of the Lord's trustworthiness soak your brain in the word, let the scriptures wash over your mind, be brainwashed in the truth and allow the truth to wash away all the years (or even the daily arrows of death that have been implanted) of indoctrination of living in the world. Let the word of God renew your mind. This is the act of developing confidence in the Lord, of knowing you can (we can) (I can) put all our trust in our Father, our Jesus, our King, the lover of our souls and He will be good to us, He will take care of our needs, He will keep our foot from being caught.
Once again, David is our example of confidence and trust in the Lord. In 1 Sam 21: 10-15 he fled for his life and went to seek refuge in Gath (Israel's enemies). Once there he is outed as a Philistine, giant killer. Fearing for his life he acts mad before the king who swiftly has him kicked out of his presence. David talks about this in Psalm 56. David attributes his deliverance to the Lord's intervention in his life.
Ps 56:12-13 Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God: I will render praises to You, for You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Ps 52 David writes, "I will praise You forever, because You have done it; and in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for it is good.
Psalm 18 David writes, "You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged my path under me, so my feet did not slip."The Lord lives! Blessed by my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God who avenges me, and subdues the peoples under me; He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing praises to Your name."
And I love what David writes in Psalm 56, "Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God (I will praise His word), in God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can man do to me? (Continue reading in v8-11)
Know Him, love Him, trust Him, obey Him! No matter where you are, no matter whose before you, no matter what situation surrounds you the Lord is there, He is working and He is in control.
Strong confidence,
CC
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