Fears
Last night I tossed and turned on my bed and couldn’t sleep thinking about the recent terrorist attack on London and how terrorist attacks could happen anytime, anywhere, even in a supposedly safe country. I found myself imagining all sorts of things and wondering whether our country would be able to stand up in a similar situation, wondering what I would do, especially when many people now say that it’s not a matter of if but of when. Please pray for our country and pray for peace and unity.
I have to be honest, sometimes I am just so fearful even though I know that my life and times are in God’s hands and He has already planned out my life. I need to know Him more and really trust Him. Trust that He knows what’s best. Trust that He has me in His hands.
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” I carry His presence in my heart, and so there is no need to be afraid.
There is nothing to fear when the One who created the universe, the One who holds everything together, who invented the laws that keep everything running smoothly, the one who counts every hair on my head, is with me. In fact He’s in my heart; He’s not just beside me but also in me. When I asked Him into my life, I got more than forgiveness for my sins. I also got the privilege of knowing Him as my Father and the privilege of getting to know Him for the rest of my life. And I can also talk to Him any time I want knowing that He will listen and knowing that He loves me. This is a lot more than I bargained for.
These few days I’ve been thinking about what I want my life to count for. What do you want your life to count for? Most people want two things: legacy and love. You can leave a legacy by contributing significantly to the welfare of other people. Yet, in the end, there won’t be anyone left to appreciate you. No one now says, “I appreciate Alexander Fleming so much” every time he takes penicillin. But he just takes it as a matter of course and forgets about it. Even though occasionally he might remember Alexander Fleming or learn about him in school he has no way of knowing the many trials he may have gone through or appreciating fully the kind of perseverance and discipline which brought him through. In the end, our achievements become relegated to dusty memorials and saccharine textbooks, while the next generation picnic and play cards and grand battlefields that were fought over issues few deem important anymore. You can find love in your parents, your spouse, your kids, your friends. Yet no one understands you perfectly, no one knows you deeply, every single thought you think, every fibre of your being, and still loves you all the same.
So in the end, we need to find something that has an eternal significance. And I know that knowing God who is eternal is truly the purpose of our lives. With it, everything else has a purpose; without it, nothing seems to make sense.
Forgive me, because I have so little faith. You know me deeply. And yet you love me deeply too. Let me just find my joy in knowing You more every day. Nothing makes sense without You. Carry all that I find too heavy to carry. I know You will.
I have to be honest, sometimes I am just so fearful even though I know that my life and times are in God’s hands and He has already planned out my life. I need to know Him more and really trust Him. Trust that He knows what’s best. Trust that He has me in His hands.
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” I carry His presence in my heart, and so there is no need to be afraid.
There is nothing to fear when the One who created the universe, the One who holds everything together, who invented the laws that keep everything running smoothly, the one who counts every hair on my head, is with me. In fact He’s in my heart; He’s not just beside me but also in me. When I asked Him into my life, I got more than forgiveness for my sins. I also got the privilege of knowing Him as my Father and the privilege of getting to know Him for the rest of my life. And I can also talk to Him any time I want knowing that He will listen and knowing that He loves me. This is a lot more than I bargained for.
These few days I’ve been thinking about what I want my life to count for. What do you want your life to count for? Most people want two things: legacy and love. You can leave a legacy by contributing significantly to the welfare of other people. Yet, in the end, there won’t be anyone left to appreciate you. No one now says, “I appreciate Alexander Fleming so much” every time he takes penicillin. But he just takes it as a matter of course and forgets about it. Even though occasionally he might remember Alexander Fleming or learn about him in school he has no way of knowing the many trials he may have gone through or appreciating fully the kind of perseverance and discipline which brought him through. In the end, our achievements become relegated to dusty memorials and saccharine textbooks, while the next generation picnic and play cards and grand battlefields that were fought over issues few deem important anymore. You can find love in your parents, your spouse, your kids, your friends. Yet no one understands you perfectly, no one knows you deeply, every single thought you think, every fibre of your being, and still loves you all the same.
So in the end, we need to find something that has an eternal significance. And I know that knowing God who is eternal is truly the purpose of our lives. With it, everything else has a purpose; without it, nothing seems to make sense.
Forgive me, because I have so little faith. You know me deeply. And yet you love me deeply too. Let me just find my joy in knowing You more every day. Nothing makes sense without You. Carry all that I find too heavy to carry. I know You will.
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