Do Not Fear!
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear
nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your
God,
He is the One who goes with you. He will
not leave you nor forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31: 6
When a former schoolteacher on vacation in
North Carolina saw a brown bear climbing on
the back deck of her condominium, she used
her “teacher voice” to tell the bear to leave.
Through a back door, she said, “What do you
think you’re
doing on my porch? You get down, go, go! How dare
you?”
Her teacher voice conveyed authority, and the bear began
scampering off the balcony down the railing, as if afraid of
being sent to the principal’s office.
Whenever worries, fears, anxieties, and
problems invade our hearts, we have to
use the voice of authority, the Scripture.
We have to say to our feelings:
“What do you think you’re doing on my porch?”
We have to quote verses to ourselves, to preach
to ourselves.
Next time you’re afraid, use your teacher voice
to say to
yourself: “Be strong and of good courage.
Do not fear nor be afraid! The Lord my God is the
One who is with me!”
"You must remind yourself of God,
Who God is, and what God is and
what God has done."
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jone