whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then will I be confident.
(Psalm 27:1, 3. NIV)
Fear
has a stranglehold on today's world. Fears about life. Fears about
money. Fears about family. Fears about legacy. We have big fears (Will
I have a job tomorrow, given today's economy?). We have little fears
(Did the dog poop on the carpet while I was gone?). Perhaps most of all
we fear for legacy.
I'm
writing this on a blog. It's my blog. I like it. I love being able to
give my opinion on virtually anything to anyone who stumbles across
this particular section of cyber-space. And yet the old adage about
blogging rings humorously close-to-gospel-truth: Never before have so
many with so little to say said so much. But it's all a part of a
desire for legacy, a fear of not-mattering, a fear that we'll live our
fourscore years or so and then vanish into dust to be remembered for a
season - because our relatives are fighting about the will - and then
be forgotten.
In
traditional form, Lucado masterfully weaves story, poetry, anecdote,
and Biblical exposition around this and many other fears. His
conclusion? Jesus Christ has been there, done that. He has conquered
fear. And if Christ is for us, who can be against us? That's not to
mean we won't suffer trials or tribulations while upon this earth, but
rather that our fears are made small and insignificant in the face of a
big and loving God. So the trouble around us need not fear us. We can
echo the words of the Martin Luther, writing A Mighty Fortress is Our
God:
And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
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