Truth To Wonder: conversation for christ

Psalm 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Someone I dearly love said to me recently, ‘I live in fear all the time.’ It was heartbreaking to hear but also not surprising, as for years I had watched them live with the proverbial hand break on. Their words stayed with me every day, until one night I came across verse 3 of Psalm 56, and a glorious ray of hope emerged from the pages of my Holy Bible. 

Reading this verse, the Holy Spirit built upon something I’d just heard from a legendary sportsman regarding leadership. They said how leadership is about lifting others up so they can maximise their potential, and encouragement is vital to push people on to move past their fears and doubts. 

And so, after hearing that statement, the Holy Spirit led me to this wonderful verse and I saw a tremendous gift of God to all His redeemed children burst forth from the page.

That gift being that those who live in constant fear, are to live in constant trust of God, just as the psalmist declares in Psalm 56:3. Here stands the monument to the majesty of God’s protective and providential love. That being that those who feel so troubled constantly, are those who can know His peace most consistently too. 

You see, when we are afraid, we are called to trust in God. So the more fearful the soul, the more they are to trust God. The more we trust in God, the more we see His amazing grace and love at work each moment of every day. Soon then, the most fearful of souls can soon become the most courageous of souls, all by His constant encouragement to their spirit. As a result, that once tremendously frightened soul, becomes one that truly understands the dazzling wonders of just who the Lord Jesus Christ is! 

If you are a soul who is fearful all the time, whether that be because of a fear of failure; fear of letting people down; fear of getting hurt; fear of responsibility, whatever it may be, if you follow this verse, you will soon see you are actually greatly blessed. You are so blessed because the Lord is using that fear you hold, to draw you close to Him in a depth of understanding most are unwilling to learn. That fear that once governed you, if handed over to Christ, will be made the tool by which you are made a brilliant beacon of the light of the Gospel! So be filled with hope if you are such a fearful soul! Trust in Him and you will be encouraged daily that He is for you, and as that is Biblical truth, you need never be fearful again!