I feel fear in so many situations. I worry, I get scared. My current worry is losing family. Being left on my own.
But when all is said and done, it comes down to one thing. I need to keep my eyes on our Lord Jesus Christ. Whatever goes on in the world, and my response to things - I need to remain in Christ.
So I write this as much to myself as anyone. But I hope it may resonate with someone out there. I hope this can help: I have to always go to the Word:
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:19-20 ESV
We have to be rooted in Christ.
When we worry. We are told in the Word:
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
When we worry. We need to pray. That needs to be our response. To pray. To not dwell on our worries. Our focus needs to turn to Christ. It has to. And then Christ has said it.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
John 16:33 ESV
We receive His peace.
The world will rage around. In Christ there's peace. There is trouble in the world. But Jesus has overcome the world. In Him we are truly alive. We are to abide in Christ.
Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:3-5 ESV
The word of God is the truth:
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Matthew 24:35-36, 42, 44 ESV
We don't know the hour but our only hope is in Christ. To trust, have faith. Keep our mind on the truth. It is through faith.
Man thinks the power of the earth is in his own hands – it is all in God’s hands.
Job 38 tells us this:
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:4-7 ESV
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
Job 38:33-36 ESV
How is man to know the complexity of all the earth? Man tries to work it out but it cannot be fathomed – only God knows. Man isn’t in control. Man’s solutions won’t work.
But, Christ is the solid rock. We are to put
our faith - our complete trust in Christ.
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:4 ESV
None of this is easy. But Jesus is the only way.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him."
John 14:6-7 ESV
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
John 14:27 ESV
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Acts 4:12 ESV
But when all is said and done, it comes down to one thing. I need to keep my eyes on our Lord Jesus Christ. Whatever goes on in the world, and my response to things - I need to remain in Christ.
So I write this as much to myself as anyone. But I hope it may resonate with someone out there. I hope this can help: I have to always go to the Word:
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:19-20 ESV
We have to be rooted in Christ.
When we worry. We are told in the Word:
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
When we worry. We need to pray. That needs to be our response. To pray. To not dwell on our worries. Our focus needs to turn to Christ. It has to. And then Christ has said it.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
John 16:33 ESV
We receive His peace.
The world will rage around. In Christ there's peace. There is trouble in the world. But Jesus has overcome the world. In Him we are truly alive. We are to abide in Christ.
Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:3-5 ESV
The word of God is the truth:
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Matthew 24:35-36, 42, 44 ESV
We don't know the hour but our only hope is in Christ. To trust, have faith. Keep our mind on the truth. It is through faith.
Man thinks the power of the earth is in his own hands – it is all in God’s hands.
Job 38 tells us this:
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:4-7 ESV
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
Job 38:33-36 ESV
How is man to know the complexity of all the earth? Man tries to work it out but it cannot be fathomed – only God knows. Man isn’t in control. Man’s solutions won’t work.
But, Christ is the solid rock. We are to put
our faith - our complete trust in Christ.
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:4 ESV
None of this is easy. But Jesus is the only way.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him."
John 14:6-7 ESV
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
John 14:27 ESV
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Acts 4:12 ESV