When Fear Grasps You

What do you do when fear, apprehension and doubt snatch you? I’m not talking about fearing God-which is respect. Rather, timidity and cowardliness-what do you do about these? When these happen to you, you need to remember that another grasps you, another holds you, even clenches you, laid upon his shoulders. You need to remember that Jesus Christ is carrying yo. The Good Shepherd has you draped upon his shoulders with all of your matted sheep belly filth, yes, filth and all.

“Be their shepherd and bear them up forever” says a psalm. Another one sings “…and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Really? A sheep in the house? Yes really. He calls his friends together to celebrate. Indeed.

Proper fear has it’s place and time. Timidity never has a place with God. God is stronger than timidity. He holds tighter, even if our hearts, even if our minds, feel, or think, differently. God does what he does regardless. He went to a grave and called a dead man forth: Lazarus. And love, love is greater than proper fear even. The new creation that God makes in those who believe on him naturally do the things contained in the Law. The new creation can’t do otherwise. It has it’s root in the vine. It get’s life from the vine Jesus.

So when fear grasps you, repent. Repent and relent. Turn and be sure, be certain, to let Christ take the burden, the full burden. He is Savior after all. He makes the rescue. He grasps the fallen-like he grasped Peter who walked on the water with him: when his eyes were on him. When the eyes of Peter were on Jesus, Peter did the impossible. That is the one who grasps you. Many blessings you in him.