No Fear

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
NO FEAR
Prov 3:25-26
25 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, 26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.
NIV
There is in the course of life things that just happen and sometimes those happenings at not good at all. Is this what is being talked about here? Is it in the current time of life, or is it in the final Day of Judgment? Here they are called sudden disaster or instant devastation which will overtake the wicked. I should not have to be afraid of this at all. I am thinking this surely would apply to the end times, yet I also see bad things happening to bad people. But do bad things happen to good people? I do not think there are any good people. God says that everyone’s heart is deceitfully wicked. The only difference is who is in Jesus and who isn’t. He is what makes the separation between the wicked and me. It is just a term used to describe those who have not yet accepted Christ as their Savior. But the case still exists, whenever disaster befalls upon those as either individuals or as a whole, either during the course of this life or at the final day, I have nothing to fear. I am confident of safety and security in this life and on the final day, because I am in Christ. If it is in this life, my steps, my path is straight and upright and will not be misguided by the evil one into ways that are not right, but rather evil. If it is speaking of the last day of mankind, or simply my last day when I step into eternity, my step will not be snared by the evil one, but I will confidently step into the everlasting presence of my lord who is now in heaven at the right hand of the Father. Wherever I step I will be stepping into his presence. He walks with me now, he talks with me now, and he holds my hand guiding me through whatever situations come my way. He will never forsake me, but will always be there to uphold me, in this life and the one to come. What could I possible ever fear, when he is with me? Not a dog gone thing! I do think though, that I have the choice to allow myself to get trapped into activities which are not pleasing to my Lord. I do not think that my steps are snared, but simply that I am being a man, allowing my own heart to lead, rather than following God’s leading. I fail him, at times, but I think that is very different than having my whole path of life snared and misguided by the evil one. My desire is to follow after my Lord, fearing nothing from the evil one and what he will do with the wicked. I live in Christ therefore I live with no fear.