Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Worry”
Our Bible verse for today: “When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Psalm 56:3-4 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Faith chases away fear.”
There’s a great story that came out of World War Two regarding the power of faith to overcome worry and fear. It took place in a German Prisoner of War camp. Many of the American soldiers in that camp had been held there for years under horrible conditions. But unbeknown to the German guards, the soldiers had secretly built a radio which they used late at night to listen to Allied radio broadcasts and to track the progress of the war.
One night they learned that the German High Command had surrendered and that the War was over. However the German guards didn’t know that yet. Because the lines of military communication had broken down for the Germans, it would be days before news of the surrender reached the guards.
The prisoners knew the victory had already been won and they now just had to wait to be delivered from their difficult circumstances. So for three days there was laughing and joking, celebrating and singing, with the guards having no understanding of what brought about the incredible change in the prisoners. Finally, on the fourth morning, the prisoners woke up to discover that in the night the guards had discovered the truth and had fled the camp, leaving the gate and all the doors open.
The American prisoners had heard the good news broadcast, they believed it, and their faith in that good news changed everything. They knew it was only a matter of time before the promise of deliverance from would become a reality in their lives. And even though the bad circumstances persisted for a short while longer, they had the promise of, and they had faith in, the coming deliverance.
That can and should be true for us too. Over and over again God has told us in the Bible the good news that He has a wonderful plan for us and that He is sovereign over the circumstances of our lives. And He has said that the day is coming when we will be liberated from our current difficult circumstances. That’s true in the eternal sense, yes, but also in the more immediate issue of your current difficulties. Nothing lasts forever.
Faith chases away fear, and God has the answer to your worries. It is this: “Trust Him. Deliverance is coming”.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 