When We Are Afraid
Psalm 27
All of us have had to face times of fear in our lives. Sometimes we are afraid for good reason, and other times our fears are irrational.
I read the story of a little boy who was finally old enough to start going to school. As the time approached, his parents noticed that he was suddenly having fears about school. They tried to find out what he was afraid of. First they asked if he were afraid of the teachers, but he assured them that wasn’t it. Next they asked if it were a fear of bullies, but he told them it wasn’t that either. Then they asked him if he didn’t want to leave his Mom and younger brother home alone all day. But he assured them this was not the case. Finally he admitted the reasons for his fear. He told them, “I don’t want to go to school because I don’t want the same thing to happen to me that happened to cousin Raymond. As soon as he started school, all his teeth began to fall out!”
Our fears may not be that simple, but whenever we are afraid, we can turn to the Bible for help.
God caused David to write Psalm 27 which addresses this problem. Although we may be facing a difficult situation in our life, we can learn from this psalm what to do when we are afraid.
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