How To
Castaway!
"There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casts out fear."
1 John 4: 18
A. W. Tozer wrote, “Fear
is the painful emotion that arises
at the thought that we may be harmed or made to suffer. This
fear persists while we are subject to the will of someone who
does not desire our well-being. The moment we come under
the protection of
one of good will, fear is cast out.”
Fear is a
powerful force. It makes us afraid of something that
hasn’t happened yet. But when we call on the power of God to
intervene on our behalf, He replaces that fear with His comfort
in the knowledge of His presence with us.
We know His nearness; we read His promises;
we lean on His supporting arms. We know
He
will work all things for our good.
The same Bible that tells us to cast our burdens on the
Lord (Psalm 55:22), to cast “off the works of darkness”
(Romans
13:12), and to cast all our cares on Him
(1 Peter 5:7) also tells us to cast out our fear.
"If the Lord be with us,
we have no cause of fear."
John Newton