ANTIDOTE FOR FEAR

                Franklin Roosevelt in preparing the nation for WWII said: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." That was not really so in that instance. However, we find that the Bible teaches us that we do not need to fear if we are abiding in the Lord Jesus Christ. We can sing with the Psalmist:

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
(2) Therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

(3) Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,

      Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

(4) There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the City of God,

     The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

(5) God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:

     God shall help her and that right early.

(6) The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved;

     He uttered His voice; the earth melted.

(7) The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

(8) Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He hath made in the earth.

(9) He maketh wars to cease to the ends of the earth;

     He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;

     He burneth the chariot in the fire.

(10) Be still, and know that I AM God:

     I will be exalted among the heathen,

     I will be exalted in the earth.

(11) The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.” Psalm 46.

                For a sure, lasting and very present help in trouble and an antidote for all kinds of fear, memorize this Psalm. That way you can have it with you at all times. Be blessed.

[Note: The "City of God" is now the New Jerusalem, the Bride of Christ, His Body, the Church, Revelation 3:12. We, His saints, are the tabernacle of the Most High, 1Corinthians 3:16; 6:19.]

Song: HE HIDETH MY SOUL, by Fanny J. Crosby.

“1. A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord, A wonderful Savior to me;

    He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock, where rivers of pleasure I see.

CHORUS

He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock, That shadows a dry thirsty land;

He hideth my life in the depths of His love, And covers me there with His hand.

And covers me there with His hand.

2. A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord, He taketh my burden away,

     He holdeth me up and I shall not be moved; He giveth me strength as my day.

3. With numberless blessings each moment He crowns, And filled with His fullness divine,

     I sing in my rapture, ‘Oh, glory to God, For such a Redeemer as mine.’

4. When clothed in His brightness transported I rise, To meet Him in clouds of the sky,

     His perfect salvation, His wonderful love, I’ll shout with the millions on high.

CHORUS:

He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock, That shadows a dry thirsty land;

He hideth my life in the depths of His love, And covers me there with His hand.

And covers me there with His hand.”