FEAR NOT, I WILL SAVE YOU.

Tuesday, 20TH JUNE, 2023

TOPIC:  FEAR NOT, I WILL SAVE YOU.

MEMORIZE: "Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid."  Jeremiah 30:10.

SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 43:10-13

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.”

EXPOSITION:

The scope of Isaiah 41:10-20 is to silence the fears, and encourage the faith, of the servants of God in their distresses. Perhaps it is intended, in the first place, for the support of God's Israel, in captivity; but all that faithfully serve God through patience and comfort of this scripture may have hope. And it is addressed to Israel as a single person, that it might be more easily and readily be accommodated and applied by every Israelite. That is a word of caution, counsel, and comfort, which is so often repeated, Fear thou not; and again (Isa 41:13), Fear not; and (Isa 41:14), "Fear not, thou worm Jacob; fear not the threatenings of the enemy, doubt not the promises of thy God; fear not that thou shalt perish in thy affliction or that the promise of thy deliverance shall fail." 

It is against the mind of God that his people should be a timorous (fearful) people.  For the suppressing of fear he assures them that they should depend upon his presence with them as their God, and a God all-sufficient for them in the worst of times.  Observe with what tenderness of God speaks, and how willing he is to let the heirs of promise know the immutability of his counsel, and how desirous to make them easy: “Fear thou not, for I am with thee,” - not only within call, but present with thee. Be not dismayed at the power of those that are against thee, for I am thy God, and engaged for thee. Art thou weak? I will strengthen thee. Art thou destitute of friends? I will help thee in the time of need.  Art thou ready to sink, ready to fall? I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness, that right hand which is full of righteousness, in dispensing rewards and punishments," Ps 48:10. 

And again (Isa 41:13) it is promised, 

1. That God will strengthen their hands, that is, will help them: "I will hold thy right hand, go hand in hand with thee" Isaiah 41:13. He will take us by the hand as our guide, to lead us in our way, will help us up when we are fallen or prevent our falls; when we are weak he will hold us up--wavering, he will fix us--trembling, he will encourage us, and so hold us by the right hand, Ps 73:23. 

2. That he will silence their fears: Saying unto thee, Fear not. He has said it again and again in his word, and has there provided sovereign antidotes against fear: but he will go further; he will by his Spirit say it to their hearts, and make them to hear it, and so will help them.

PRAYER POINT:  Lord, open my eyes to see victory in trusting your help and to fear not in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Psalms 91-94.

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