"Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone!" ~Isaiah 51:13, NLT
In this verse, God is pointing out to the Israelites that they're being afraid of inconsequential things. This inconsequential is, of course, on a heavenly scale, which means that if you're in the moment, it makes perfect sense to be afraid of those things. Human oppressors? Yeah, you might be worried if you're stuck in slavery! Enemies? Those are the guys who are trying to kill you!
But we're not supposed to look at those things from the here-and-now perspective because we've got God on our side. You know, the fellow who "stretched out the sky and laid the foundations of the earth." What exactly are you worried about now?
The only thing we should worry about (and I mean that colloquially, not literally!) is what God's thinking. What does God think about your enemies? What does God think about your reactions? He understands that we're human, and doesn't mind that we get worried, but I bet He laughs at us sometimes. Or maybe He gets sad that we don't trust Him. What are we waiting for?
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