No Fear

DEVOTION

HEBREWS

NO FEAR

Heb 13:6

6 So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"  

NIV

If God said, as we looked at before, that He would never leave us nor would He ever forsake us, then we can say with confidence what is said here. Why would there ever be any need for us to be afraid? It would appear that perhaps in some areas of the world believers surely would have a cause to be afraid, but why would we who live in America ever have a reason for fear? What could man ever do to us that would destroy our soul? Sure death in the physical sense is within the realm of human capacity. Humans are ever capable of torture causing a great amount of pain and suffering to our bodies. But this is merely a shell in which the real us reside, and man cannot do anything to disturb nor destroy the real us. God is always near; ready to help us in our hour of need. He will give us the strength to endure anything so we do not have to be afraid of any situation that we find ourselves in upon this world. Maybe someday in this country we might have to endure physical hardships for being a believer. It is true the in some sense the atheists have won some legal battles against God and thus us, but we still have the freedom to worship God in our desired way. It is true they endeavor to remove Him from all public life, but we still have the freedom within our private life. We might be subject to some ridicule from certain groups of people. We might have things said about us that would be attacks against our character, or our faith. Some people keep such a close watch on us that the first sign of any mistake, or weakness in our life, they make sure to point that out to us. We might even lose our jobs sometimes because of our belief, which is if we do not compromise the standards God established. But those are things man can do to us and they are not reasons to be afraid.  Our real enemy is he that wages war against our very soul, yet with God at our side, we can have the victory over this enemy as well. No, it is plain and very simple, we who believe need not fear for God is our helper. No fear!