WHOM SHALL I FEAR?

"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"
Psalm 27:1

 

It was a spiritual battle. Call it what it was.

 

I've searched my heart and dug down deep. I've repented and asked forgiveness be mine.

If there is any fault in me, I've asked that it be gone. I've sought the Lord. I have.

 

I've asked to be free. I've asked His grace to cover me. I've begged for victory.

 

He met me in my weakest moment today.

 

JOY

 

"The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."

Exodus 14:14

Today a spiritual battle engulfed my surroundings. But, I found myself as I haven't before.

 

Still.

 

"Be still and know that he is God."

Psalm 46:10

 

This is a victory worth celebrating. He did it today for me. He won...on my behalf.

 

GRATITUDE

 

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

Psalm 46:1

 

I had checked my heart at the door and laid myself bare before God Almighty...

...the One who knows it all anyway.

 

I might as well be real.

 

He knows me. He's my Friend. I'm His.

 

I'm His!

 

And today, in my weak spot...the place where darkness taunts me, God came through.

He fought for me. I felt it. I was aware of it. I knew it. The reality brought me to tears.

 

PEACE

 

"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you."

Isaiah 26:3

 

On the drive in I sang it... "I know who goes before me!"

But this peace I knew today, it doesn't normally reign so strong in these moments (which I loathe).

And God's ordained it so. Why do I push difficulty away? Why do we so despise our weakness?

After all, is it not the very catalyst to intimacy with our Lord? Is it not the very pinpoint to HIS strength, not ours?

 

"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses,

so that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

2 Corinthians 12:9

 

But we do. We do it all the time.

We run from the very thing that draws us in and breaks us down,

releasing fragrant sweetness from the crushing we avoid.

 

Brokenness...it has it's beautiful place. It was the pinnacle of Jesus' life.

How dare I reject His craftsmanship? Why on earth would I?

 

"But [Jesus] was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities;

upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed."

Isaiah 53:5

 

So, I catch myself in action and I real my mind in firm. I prop my measly self upon Scripture tall and strong and I'm bolstered on every side. "The God of angel armies is always by my side..." The song, it plays as I drive. And the words resound, redundant in my ears and in my heart as I await my appointed time.

 

"I know who goes before me...He is a Friend of mine. The God of angel armies is always by my side."

 

I cannot believe that this God, so BIG, so wide,

so everywhere for everyone all at the same time showed up today just for me.

 

But He did.

 

What a Savior.

 

Thank you, Friend.

 

Whom shall I fear?

 

"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans 8:38-39

 

 

"The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD."
Proverbs 21:31

 

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,

against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day,

and having done all, to stand firm."
Ephesians 6:10-13