The Heaven and the Earth

Is it not a  great delight to awaken unto a bright, sunny morning?  Or to smile from a song bird's sounds?  To feel a loved one near you, close by?  Many of us would agree with these factors.  However, as most of us sleep throughout the night, our areas probably resemble dark, quiet, and still places; absent of light, peace, calmness, or love.  Such can be like in our own existence today.

Just as how  we rest at night, so was the like manner in how the world was formed.  In Genesis 1:2 it is written, "The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was  upon the face of the deep."  As humans, we have a lot of darkness surrounding us, and sometimes within us as well.

Nevertheless, in all our darkness, God is able to mend us into what it is He would have us to be, for His glory, benefit, and Will.  As the earth was transformed and made whole and given light, so can our lives be through the goodness of Christ Jesus (Genesis 1:3 KJV).

Many of us often feel unworthy to ask the Lord for help out of our dark places.  He is our Father, and desires to help us through our faith, and wants us to accept His continued grace and mercy (Romans 5:2 KJV).  But living out of darkness can only be done by accepting God's gift of light for our lives.

God's Own Fear

Have you ever wondered why your life might not be going your way?  Why your children are disrespectful, or frustrations present themselves so?  Why one minute situations arise in negative fashion, or in another days are more happy-go-lucky?  Do these things make you afraid?  Do they make God?

In apprehension, it is human nature to have fear and doubt.  However, God tells us not to fear because He is with us always (Psalm 115:11 KJV).  The Lord longs to be our provider and protector, and promises these truths to us as well.  It is His desire for us to come to Him for assistance in times of need and anxiety.

The Lord is gracious, slow to anger, and exceedingly patient (Psalm 103:8 KJV).  His love for us is perfect, and drives away all fear within us (1John 4:18 KJV).  In complete love, there is no fear.

Being as how God is perfect, so are His ways perfect, and He shows us this perfect love by how we love others.  And, by how the way we love others, we have no fear of them because we love them through Christ who first loved us, by dying for our sins on the cross (John 3:16 KJV).

So, does God have fear?  No.  He has an everlasting desire for us to love Him, and for us to love each other through His example; to come to repentance and righteousness through His unfailing love for us, by His most everlasting, wonderful doctrine, bestowed unto us, His Holy Bible.