Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you (Isa. 35:4).
This is a promise for us when we are troubled, afraid, or worried. Notice this command of God: "Be strong, fear not." God would not command this if it were not possible. Our deliverance from fear and worry is based on faith. And the promise is: "Your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you."
We need to study the whole plan of God and to see the end from the beginning. Full rewards are not given in this life, but there is a judgment day coming. In Hebrews 2:2 we read that every transgression will receive "a just recompence of reward." And God's people may know that their confidence has "great recompence of reward" (Heb. 10:35). But the greatest reason we should never worry or be troubled is that the Lord Himself promises to come and save us. He will come to us in Christ at His second coming, but He comes to us now by His Spirit. In fact, He is never far from any one of us, as the great apostle Paul tells us in Acts 17:27.
Years ago I heard Bishop William Alfred Quayle preach, and I shall never forget the words of that great Cornishman. He told about sitting alone in his study at night worrying about some torturing anxiety. About midnight it seemed that God came to him and said, "Quayle, you go to bed. I'll sit up the rest of the night." The Lord had not forsaken him. He was there and knew what to do. He will come and save us, too, if we will let Him. If we believe, we shall cease our worrying and begin to trust. Let us "rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him" (Ps. 37:7).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O keep my soul, and deliver me:...for I put my trust in thee" (Ps. 25:20).
This is a promise for us when we are troubled, afraid, or worried. Notice this command of God: "Be strong, fear not." God would not command this if it were not possible. Our deliverance from fear and worry is based on faith. And the promise is: "Your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you."
We need to study the whole plan of God and to see the end from the beginning. Full rewards are not given in this life, but there is a judgment day coming. In Hebrews 2:2 we read that every transgression will receive "a just recompence of reward." And God's people may know that their confidence has "great recompence of reward" (Heb. 10:35). But the greatest reason we should never worry or be troubled is that the Lord Himself promises to come and save us. He will come to us in Christ at His second coming, but He comes to us now by His Spirit. In fact, He is never far from any one of us, as the great apostle Paul tells us in Acts 17:27.
Years ago I heard Bishop William Alfred Quayle preach, and I shall never forget the words of that great Cornishman. He told about sitting alone in his study at night worrying about some torturing anxiety. About midnight it seemed that God came to him and said, "Quayle, you go to bed. I'll sit up the rest of the night." The Lord had not forsaken him. He was there and knew what to do. He will come and save us, too, if we will let Him. If we believe, we shall cease our worrying and begin to trust. Let us "rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him" (Ps. 37:7).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O keep my soul, and deliver me:...for I put my trust in thee" (Ps. 25:20).
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