February 14, 2022
Monday
Fears and Faith
Isaiah 41: 10-13
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:”
A few years ago, The New York Times Magazine ran an article titled, “Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering from Severe Anxiety?” The article told of a North Carolina teenager named Jake who was likable, hard-working, and athletic. But the pressures and fears of school and life bore into him, and one day he simply refused to go to school, curled up in the fetal position on the floor, and screamed, “I just can’t take it! You just don’t understand!”
Jake got the help he needed, but he’s indicative of young people everywhere. “In its annual survey of students, the American College Health Association found a significant increase—from 50 percent in 2011 to 62 percent in 2016 —of undergraduates reporting ‘overwhelming anxiety.’”1
Sometimes we need professional help with fear and anxiety; but most of all we need the reassurance of Him who is the First and the Last, who said, “I…was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death” (Revelation 1:18).
When we fear Him in reverence, we have nothing else to fear in life.
A point to ponder…
Meet your fears with faith.
Max Lucado
Read the Bible through in a year
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