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Tuesday... So let's save our fear.


Matthew 10:28b (MSG), "Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life - body and soul - in his hands."

Tuesday... So let's save our fear.

I hate to be afraid. I really do but it is important to save our fear. It really is.

Matthew 10:28b (MSG) says, "Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life - body and soul - in his hands." The whole verse says, "Don't be bluffed into silence by the threat of bullies. There's nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life - body and soul - in his hands."

Now verse 29 (AMP) says, "Are not two little sparrows sold for a copper coin? And yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from the Father's will." The NLT says, "But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it?" Do you need that today?


Jesus goes on. Verse 30 (AMP) says, "But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered [for the Father is sovereign and has complete knowledge.]" Who in the world would want to know that? Well. the One who created us would. The One who sent His Son to the earth as a sacrifice for our sins would. The Message says, "He pays even greater attention to you, down to the the last detail -even numbering the hairs on your head." I really love my kids but I don't even know that about them. 

And then verse 31 (AMP) says, "So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows." The NLT, "So don't be afraid; you are more valuable than a whole flock of sparrows." 

Now back to verse 28 in The Message and it says, "Don't be bluffed into silence by the threat of bullies. There's nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life - body and soul - in his hands." And then verse 31, "So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries." Now that puts it into perspective, doesn't it?

But this is also so important. This is what we save our fear for. Verses 32 & 33 (AMP) gives us a choice. "Therefore, the one who confesses and acknowledge Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will confess and acknowledge before My Father." That is why Jesus came to the earth. He became our sacrifice so this could be true for us if we give Him our lives and acknowledge that He is our Lord and Savior. But verse 33 shows what will happen if we don't, "But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven."

Yes, God through Jesus showed his love for us and he also shows the consequences of denying that love. So let's not waste our fear and let's put our total trust and love in God. And that will make all the differec=nce in our life both now and forever. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 

 


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