Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“DON’T BE AFRAID”

This past week, most of us watched the horrifying news about the assassination of a fellow brother in Christ, Charlie Kirk. Yes, Charlie was a political activist, but his politics was shaped and molded by his faith. He spoke more passionately about his faith than he did politics. He showed us all that we can indeed go into the lion’s den and speak truth in love, concerning our faith and the Lord Jesus Christ!

It is easy for us to be tempted to hang our head, suppress our faith, and lay low in this dark world that we live in. There is one big problem with this; the Lord never gave us liberty to do so based upon the current climate in the culture in which we live. We are called to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13—16,) and we are called to fulfil the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18—20.)

So, what are we to do with the fear surrounding the current climate of our culture against truth and the truth of the Gospel? We are to take courage in the promises of God! God told his people in Isaih to fear not and be not troubled. The whole foundation that we can pursue this lack of fear is resting on the Lord Himself! Our strength, our help, and our ability to stand comes from the righteous hand of God! DON’T BE AFRAID!

Isaiah 41:10—“¹⁰ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”