What Soothes Your Fears?

Posted by Jordyne 

I had this awesome moment with Jesus today that I wanted to share with you all. I just sent an email to a friend telling her this story, and right after I sent it I thought maybe it was something you would benefit from hearing:

God is so good, and he loves us a ridiculous amount. Simple truths, yes, but underneath them are oceans.

For the past couple weeks or so, I have been meditating on 1st John 4:18

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. (ESV)

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Well, this morning, God used it so powerfully, it carried me through the rest of my day. I was journaling about all the fears I have right now. 

On an unrelated note, for the past few days I have been thinking about the events of the youth camp I took my teens to last summer and what God showed me there. 

Anyways, I'm kinda scatter-brained and tend to change direction without any notice (That’s why Sarah and Rachel gave me the nickname Whiplash in college), so in the middle of my current journal entry, I decided to go back and read the entry from 7 months ago. I can't even remember why I thought I had to read it right then.  And what do you think I found? Take a look; there it is, bracketed in green stars:

Perfect love casts out all fear. His presence will sooth your fears like nothing else in the world can.

I just stared dumbly at it as the presence of God filled the space around me. He led me back to this page right as I was in the middle of talking to Him about how much fear I had. It was as if I had written every single word just for where I’m at right now. It was exactly what I needed to hear. I had no recollection of writing about fear, or that the lesson was on fear (thank you, Phil M.). I just remembered having a powerful encounter with God that week, and wanted to remember the details. With hungry eyes, I kept reading:

It says "3 things" but my attention span apparently didn't get past the 1st one.

His timing is so perfect, isn't it? He knew as I wrote those words down that day precisely what I would need them for. He woos more than any husband ever could. He is more to me than 10 husbands (is that weird to say? Like how Elkanah frequently asked his wife, Hannah if he wasn't worth more than 10 sons to her? I don’t know. It makes sense in my head.)

So, I'm done with fear. Yes, most likely, fear is something we will always have to fight. But Jesus is the solution to my fears, and he is the solution to yours. The only solution.