In light of the recent horrific shootings in Las Vegas, I’d like to re-post something I wrote a couple years ago. I’ve seen normally “chatty” bloggers and You Tube channel hosts at a loss of words as a result of this tragedy. These are frightening days, aren’t they? How should we deal with this kind of news? I believe God’s Word answers that question in Proverbs 3. Read on and be encouraged to trust God in these troubling days!
The phone rings and it’s the doctor’s office, calling to give the results of the lab work that was recently done.
Sudden Fear.
Your teenage daughter has a painful look in her eyes. She has seemed distant and removed from you and the Lord in recent weeks. She asks to speak with you.
Sudden fear.
Your boss sends an email telling you he’d like to speak with you at your earliest convenience.
Sudden fear.
You pick up the newspaper and read the headlines about yet another shooting where innocent people lost their lives at the hand of a crazed gunman.
Sudden fear.
There are hundreds of scenarios in which we could find ourselves filled with sudden fear – that terror that falls over us quickly due to some event in which we have no control. You’ve been there, I’m sure. We all have. We weren’t really prepared for the news or the event. Maybe we didn’t handle those situations so well in the past.
But for those future moments, we can prepare ahead of time, simply by hiding a secret piece of ammunition on our person – it’s the Word of God. Open up your heart and tuck this truth away:
Be not afraid of sudden fear,
neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
For the Lord shall be thy confidence,
and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Proverbs 3:25, 26
At that moment when the sudden terror wants to grab your heart, your emotions and your will, pull out the Truth that can enable you to handle this difficulty wisely and calmly.
- The Lord will be your confidence – Pray. You don’t know what to do, but He does! He will show you the next step to take that will lead you to victory, rather than defeat. Turn to Him immediately and ask for His intervention and guidance.
- He’ll keep your foot – Rest. He’ll not let you slip! Remind yourself that the Lord will keep you safe and secure. “No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Anything that He allows to touch your life has come through His sovereign hands first. You are still in His grip.
The best way to deal with anything is to be prepared. The Lord has given us everything we need to keep us from sudden fear – the Truth of His presence and the help of His hand! Don’t be afraid!
What sudden fear has you quaking? Pray and rest in these Truths today!
Lovingly,
RefreshHer 
Amen!
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