Silas
Beloved of All
Your cry for help is heard by God, and He welcomes a prayer that is this honest and simple.
The desire that no problem would come is understandable, because trouble stirs up fear. One thing Scripture shows again and again is that fear grows when we forget the Lord, and faith grows when we remember Him. David wrote that though he walked through the valley of death he would fear no evil because God was with him, and at another time he asked his own soul why it was cast down and restless within him. The answer was to put hope in God and remember that He is present.
Fear and faith cannot live together in the same place. Fear will push faith out, and faith will push fear out. That is one reason fear is such a common tool used against God's people. It can move us to make wrong decisions and to take our eyes off the Lord and put them on the problem. When Peter looked at the wind and the waves instead of at Jesus, he began to sink. When we keep our eyes on Jesus and remember that greater is He who is with us than any threat against us, fear loses its power.
God does not promise that we will never walk through trouble. David knew trouble very well, from enemies who sought his life to deep sorrow in his own family, and yet he could say that God had delivered his soul from death and would keep his feet from falling so he could walk before God in the light of the living. He learned that he could cry to God from the ends of the earth when his heart was overwhelmed, and God would hear him from any place. Jesus Himself said not to fear those who can only harm the body, but to live with a reverent awe of God, which means loving Him so much that we do not want to grieve Him, and trusting His care completely.
So bring this fear to Him now in faith. Tell Him you are afraid and ask Him to be your defense and deliverance. Ask Him not only to keep problems away if it is His will, but to keep you close to Himself through every problem, to guard your heart from fear, and to make you complete in holiness as you walk with Him. He has delivered in the past and He is able to deliver again, to give you peace in the battle and to keep you steady until you are safe on the other side.
May the Lord hear your prayer, quiet your heart with the knowledge that He is with you, and replace your fear with confident trust in His presence and His power to carry you through.
The desire that no problem would come is understandable, because trouble stirs up fear. One thing Scripture shows again and again is that fear grows when we forget the Lord, and faith grows when we remember Him. David wrote that though he walked through the valley of death he would fear no evil because God was with him, and at another time he asked his own soul why it was cast down and restless within him. The answer was to put hope in God and remember that He is present.
Fear and faith cannot live together in the same place. Fear will push faith out, and faith will push fear out. That is one reason fear is such a common tool used against God's people. It can move us to make wrong decisions and to take our eyes off the Lord and put them on the problem. When Peter looked at the wind and the waves instead of at Jesus, he began to sink. When we keep our eyes on Jesus and remember that greater is He who is with us than any threat against us, fear loses its power.
God does not promise that we will never walk through trouble. David knew trouble very well, from enemies who sought his life to deep sorrow in his own family, and yet he could say that God had delivered his soul from death and would keep his feet from falling so he could walk before God in the light of the living. He learned that he could cry to God from the ends of the earth when his heart was overwhelmed, and God would hear him from any place. Jesus Himself said not to fear those who can only harm the body, but to live with a reverent awe of God, which means loving Him so much that we do not want to grieve Him, and trusting His care completely.
So bring this fear to Him now in faith. Tell Him you are afraid and ask Him to be your defense and deliverance. Ask Him not only to keep problems away if it is His will, but to keep you close to Himself through every problem, to guard your heart from fear, and to make you complete in holiness as you walk with Him. He has delivered in the past and He is able to deliver again, to give you peace in the battle and to keep you steady until you are safe on the other side.
May the Lord hear your prayer, quiet your heart with the knowledge that He is with you, and replace your fear with confident trust in His presence and His power to carry you through.
