Wild Horses: Tame Your EmotionsSample

From Genesis to Revelation, and from Abraham to John on the Isle of Patmos, we hear the command from Heaven ringing out over and again: “Fear not!”

That command was given to Abraham, Moses, and Israel. It was given to David, Daniel, and the city of Jerusalem. The exhortation to not fear was given to the disciples as they were on the Sea of Galilee, to Mary when Gabriel told her she would expect a child, and to the crowds who gathered to hear Jesus.

God has told us not to fear. When God is with you, you cannot be defeated. He is your source of strength, and He has promised to strengthen you. He will strengthen you to do the work He has called you to do.

You do not have to fear because God has said, “I will help you.” He is your help in the little and in the large, in the mundane and in the magnitude.

God told Moses to lead an entire nation to the Promised Land of Israel. But God did not leave him to it on his own. He parted the Red Sea, He supplied Manna from Heaven, and He Himself was a “pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light” (Exodus 13:21, NIV).

Do you need to be upheld today? Do you need a shoulder to lean upon? Rest in the unfailing promise of a faithful God: “I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” There is a reason why God has called Himself our Heavenly Father. He is always right by your side. He will uphold you. He will bear you up. With His strong hand, He will carry you through.

Second Timothy 1:7 tells us that God has not given us a spirit of fear. Fear is a foreign entity that may work against you or that may come alongside you at times, but it is not who you are. God instead, has given you a spirit of power, of love, and of a mind that is sound.

Life can seem like mission impossible until God shows up saying, “I will help you.” Appropriate the Word of God for your life. Are you going through the most difficult moment of your life? I want you to make this confession today: “The Lord will help me!”