Posted in Spiritual Life

Over the years, I have fought a long battle with fear.  Granted, at times, I have had a reason to have certain fears, and yet that does not lesson the fact that any fear is a result of a lack of trust in God.  Lack of faith is sinful.  Thus, I realize that my tendency towards fear is sin.  In spite of that, I am again fighting that familiar battle.  Tthere are so many unknowns right now: the economic situation, the coming election, the threat of terrorism.  So many reasons to fear.

As next week’s election draws nearer, I find myself growing more and more fearful.  The thought of having the few freedoms we still have in America taken away by the Marxist, socialist agenda of a man with known connections to terrorists makes me tremble.  I love my country and all that it stands for and the vision of our founding fathers, and it grieves me greatly that there is even a possibility that those who do not love or even appreciate that vision would be so close to gaining such great power.  And yet I know that God promises judgment on nations who stray from His principles.  The true greatness of America has from her beginning been her faithfulness to those principles, and yet those are the very principles that in recent years she has cast aside and turned away from.  That realization causes me to fear even more.  We deserve God's judgment.

It is often at this point in my line of thinking that I am convicted of the sinfulness of this fearfulness.  God is still on the throne, and He has promised to preserve a remnant of His people from every tribe and nation.  There is a faithful band in this country still praying and fighting for the vision of our forefathers, and I believe that number will grow in the coming years.

I do not know what may come as a result of the events of next week, but I do know that God’s providential hand is guiding it all.  Hard as it may be, I have to trust in that knowledge.  He is a faithful God, and He will do what He must to bring glory to Himself.  He will give the grace we need to face whatever comes.  When I rest in that, He also gives the peace I need to face any fear with courage.