NO FEAR!
Isaiah 43:1-7
In the Bible, God says 365 times for us to "not fear".
1. "I have redeemed you!" Christ has redeemed you by the price of His blood and the power of His Grace. If He has redeemed you, nothing and no one can harm you.
2. "I have called you by your name!" He knows your name. This speaks to the personal relationship we have with our Father. This is efficacious Grace!
3. "You are mine!" What a blessed word of Grace! You belong to God as His peculiar possession, His new creation. That means you are under His protection and provision.
4. "I will be with you!" Wherever God, by His providence, puts you, He will be with you in sympathy and in power to take care of you.
5. "I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel!" The Almighty God, the Holy One, who is always faithful and true, is as much your property as you are His property, because He has given Himself to you.
6. "I am you Savior!" When He says, "I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you," our Lord is saying, "I have bought you at such a price that I cannot afford to lose you."
7. "You are precious in my sight!" You are God's treasure, His jewel. Though despised by men, if you are a believer, you are precious to God!
8. "You have been honorable?" You are not honorable by nature, nor by any of your deeds, but God by His Grace has made you honorable. He has washed away your sin by the blood of Christ and robed you with His perfect righteousness.
9. "I have loved you!" Let men talk all they please about a useless, universal love, this is special love! God so loves the World. This is past tense because God already proved how much He loved us. He has shown us by His promises and His Son.
10. "I have created (you) for my Glory!" The very Glory of the triune God is wrapped up in the Salvation of His people. He will either save everyone who will call on Him or He will lose His Glory; and that cannot be!
Sit back and meditate on the good things of God. He loves you. He has shown it it so many ways. Because of His love our fear is vanquished...
