'Because of Jesus, we are sheep who don’t need to be afraid of the lingering wolves in our lives. He leads us. He loves us. He is with us.' - ScarletEH in AnxiousBibleStudy Preview this new Bible study here:
What if we really believed that?
Oftentimes when I’m anxious, my worry is rooted in feeling like I’m lacking something. My mind tells me,If that circumstance would just line up the right way … THEN, I’d have what I need. in which she talked about getting lost in the car and needing directions. Updating her example a little, imagine using your iPhone GPS to get somewhere, but then, while you are traveling, your phone dies, and you don’t have your charger.
Maybe you pull over and ask someone how to get to where you’re going, and he/she starts giving you a long, detailed, confusing explanation. But then imagine how you would exhale if someone were to simply drive ahead of you and lead the way. Elliot said, “… isn’t it a relief if somebody just says, ‘Follow me.’”There’s no doubt that an anxious mind complicates a simple thing. Sure, we’ve all got complicated, painful relationships.
Even though we are all walking toward death, we can “fear no evil” . Why? Verse 6 refers to the day we will dwell in the house of the Lord. There’s so much of David’s life we don’t have time to cover. Have you ever heard about the time he was a scrawny young boy who slayed the giant, Goliath, with a sling, some stones, and without physical armor (