10 Who among you fears the LORD
and obeys the voice of his servant?
Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the LORD
and rely on his God.
We have talked a lot about God telling us to have no fear. Then we see verses where we should have fear. This is a healthy reverence and awe at Almighty God. We fear doing anything in disobedience that would grieve the God who did so much for us. And what is that he has done?
He has brought us out of darkness and into light. My shins and toes can tell tales of the pain of walking in the dark and hitting the corner of the bed and table legs. The light keeps us safe. Fear of the dark is a very real thing because there is uncertainty. We don’t know what is going on when we can’t see in front of us. The light shows us the way when we trust in the name of the Lord. Jesus is that light.
There is something else the light does. It shines through us when we trust in the Lord. In the same way the light helps us, it shines through us so others can see that there is a way to walk that is less painful and fearful. The light can only shine through us if it is in us. Trust Jesus today and you will see that the darkness is easily defeated by the Light of the world, Jesus Christ. As Francis of Assisi once said,
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
God Bless,
Pastor Brad