Nothing to Fear

Matthew 13:44 

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.”

Have I paid everything to buy your field?  When I think hard about it I think, yes, I have.  But I bet deep inside there’s something I cling to.

Job, he says, “Naked came I from the womb.  Naked shall I return from where I came.  The Lord gives and the Lord takes away.  Blessed is the name of the Lord.”

To remember that the giving is good, but that the taking is also good, that’s a key to the kingdom!  If I believe that God loves me as much as I proclaim, then everything is good.  Everything is holy.

When the car needs fixing and it's not in the budget.that’s a good thing!  The Father shows himself to be the grand fixer of all things!  I am taken care of.  He says, “Fear not!”

I struggle with the little things; will I have enough to pay the mortgage, what if the washer brakes down, what if the horse gets sick?

 But I seem to have faith enough for the big ones; am I really saved, will God really keep me safe, does he really love me in spite of my faults?

  I will stand in the shadow of Christ's wings, close enough to hear his heartbeat, where there is nothing to fear.