Fear Not

December 15, 2015

Fear Not

“. . . how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

“. . . Receive the Holy Spirit.”

Luke 11:13, John 20:22

In Second Corinthians, Paul said we, the followers of Jesus, have the mind of Christ. It is the mind of Christ that enables the Christian to have the spiritual discernment to understand the things of God. (2 Corinthians 2:14 -16) The mind of Christ is a gift of God through His indwelling Holy Spirit. For the Christian, it is not a matter of believing in the Holy Spirit; rather, it is a matter of consciously receiving God’s gift of the Holy Spirit, and then living expecting the Holy Spirit to guide, to inspire, and yes, to speak to you!

What troubles me the most in these troubling times, is not fear of a terrorist attack in my community, or within the USA. What troubles me the most is so many of my brothers and sisters in Christ sounding just like the chorus of fearful voices crying out for more guns and less Muslims in our country. This meditation is not about gun control – I have my share of weapons in my gun safe --, or immigration policy. This meditation is a call for the fully-devoted followers of Christ to practice Psalm 107:2 and, “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.” Let us listen for the voice of the Holy Spirit within us and commit not to speak until he gives us his words.

As we listen for the voice of the Spirit, let us remember that he only speaks in complete harmony with the Word of Christ. In these troubling times, whatever he says to you will therefore be entirely consistent with Saint Paul’s affirmation to Timothy: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” Also, someone has counted and found that the phrase, “Fear not” appears 365 times in the Bible. That is a powerful antidote to the fear mongering politicians who populate these troubling times.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.