Our present world and fear

In one of the devotional booklets that I read, the theme of the month has been fear and how to live and address fear in the lives of Christians.  Obviously the Scriptures are full of commands to live free from fear but so often when things are uncertain we immediately fear.  Some of this is natural.  The unknown is scary.  But when we are faced with the unknown we of all people should understand that we can battle this unknown with that which is known.  God is still on the throne.  God is still perfectly capable and in control.  I want to share two passages from the devotional that I read entitled "Fear of a Changing World" by Keith A Evans.  This devotional can be found in "TableTalk" a devotional publication of Ligonier ministries.  It is in the March 2020 issue.

"Dear ones, God does not flick through the same twenty-four-hour news cycle and wring His hands in perplexity.  Our triune Lord does not look down in panic as He observe the tares earnestly growing among the wheat.  The God who encourages us not to worry about tomorrow and command us not to be anxious is Himself never anxious and does not worry."

And this one also.

"The solution to a world in constant flux is not to desperately try to stabilize and unstable world.  The cure for panicking about the winds and the waves constantly beating against the house is not to board up the proverbial windows.  Freedom from fear of change results not from the absence of change but from the presence of an unchanging God."

Psalm 46:2 "Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;"

And a few verses later in Psalm 46:10-11 "Cease Striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.  The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold."

God has got this world in his capable hands.  Sometimes we need to simply surrender our fear to trust in His unchanging character.