No Fear

"No Fear"

Scripture Reading:
Psalm 23:4  (HCSB) Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear [no] danger, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.

Devotional Reading:

When the line of clothing called No fear seized the market early 1990's, bumper stickers sporting the logo appeared on all cars across the Nation. I owned a Surf Board and Bogey board made by Body Glove which sported the logo, "no fear". It represented to me a time in my life, when I lived life with no fear and did or tried everything from jumping out of planes to scuba diving; with everything in between. For those who are inhibited the words seemed puzzling. No Fear? Why not? But the marketers knew that the designer's slogan would appeal to its street savvy customers who understood that the slogan represented gutsy, no-holds-barred approach to a life lived to the extreme.

I need to point out to you, however, God had the meaning of the slogan first. He preempted the popular slogan by several thousand years. He's always been in the midst of your darkest hours and guiding you back to the right path when you lose your footing. Bravado can't measure up to the heart that has learned the true meaning of having no fear. We must exhibit a faith like Abram and just let go and let God. It comes back to an old saying, "many are called, but few are chosen". When God is calling you, how dare you limit Him by looking for your comfort (close to home, what type of ministry, seminary or no seminary, need to provide for family, I want/ I need, and countless other excuses). If you have to give God excuses, then you are not chosen. We have to live a life of no fear with an attitude of no surrender; when it comes to doing the Lord's will. Perhaps as a former Marine this is easy for me (we never quit, never give up, never surrender and on top of all of that, we have a unique understanding: we cannot die without permission). Seriously though, why put God in a box to maintain your comfort and fool yourself about a calling.

Friend if you truly believe you were created in the image of God, then you were not created with a spirit of timidity, fear, worry or anxiety.  None of these are attributes of God and therefore are bad habits we picked up along the way..."I am fearfully and wonderfully made".

Keep the Son in your eyes,

Pastor Ben J Lahay

Galatians 2:20