Isaiah 41:10-20

Many times instead of facing our fears with courage, we cower. Somehow, we cannot imagine having the strength to overcome the many trials that come our way, but we have the strength we need to overcome the adversity within our lives.

Paul writes to Timothy who was faced with a tremendous task–maintaining a spirit of worship and Christian growth in the early church. If there were ever reasons for fear, Timothy had a few.

However, Paul knew that if Timothy caved into his fears, then his ministry would be ruined. Therefore, Paul writes to admonish his young protégé: "For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline" (2 Timothy 1:7). God wants us to face fear with the knowledge that He will give us the ability to conquer fear’s attempt to paralyze us.

"Do not fear them, for the Lord your God is the one fighting for you" (Deuteronomy 3:22). We triumph over fear as we look to God for the strength to move forward, courageously pressing on because He is the One strengthening us.

Africans say that when a lion is stalking its prey, it will roar very loud. You would think that the prey would run, but actually the roar paralyzes it with fear. Don’t allow Satan’s roar to paralyze you in your faith. Christ is your Savior, and He is your eternal strength.






Isaiah 41

10
"Do not <*1> fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely <*2> I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous <*3> right hand.'
11
""Behold, <*4> all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; <*5> Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
12
""<*6> You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
13
""For I am the LORD your God, <*7> who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, "<*8> Do not fear, I will help you.'
14
""Do not fear, you <*9> worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you,'' declares the LORD, ""[1] and <*10> your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15
""Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; <*11> You will thresh the <*12> mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff.
16
""You will <*13> winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, And the storm will scatter them; But you will <*14> rejoice in the LORD, You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17
""The [2] afflicted and needy are seeking <*15> water, but there is none, And their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the LORD, <*16> will answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I <*17> will not forsake them.
18
""I will open <*18> rivers on the bare heights And springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make <*19> the wilderness a pool of water And the dry land fountains of water.
19
""I will put the cedar in the wilderness, The acacia and the <*20> myrtle and the [3] olive tree; I will place the <*21> juniper in the desert Together with the box tree and the cypress,
20
That <*22> they may see and recognize, And consider and gain insight as well, That the <*23> hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Or even your Redeemer, the Holy One
Or poor
Or oleaster
Deut 20:1; 31:6; Josh 1:9; Ps 27:1; Is 41:13, 14; 43:2, 5; Rom 8:31
Is 41:14; 44:2; 49:8
Ps 89:13, 14
Is 45:24
Is 17:13; 29:5, 7, 8
Job 20:7-9; Ps 37:35, 36; Is 17:14
Is 42:6; 45:1
Is 41:10
Job 25:6; Ps 22:6
Is 35:10; 43:14; 44:6, 22-24
Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12
Is 42:15; 64:1; Jer 9:10; Ezek 33:28
Jer 51:2
Is 25:9; 35:10; 51:3; 61:10
Is 43:20; 44:3; 49:10; 55:1
Is 30:19; 65:24
Is 42:16; 62:12
Is 30:25; 43:19
Ps 107:35; Is 35:6, 7
Is 35:1; 55:13; 60:13
Is 40:5; 43:10
Job 12:9; Is 66:14

"I will give you the treasure of darkness..."
ISAIAH 45:3