What Should We Fear?

The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid!
What can people do to me?

Psalm 118:6 

 

"Ugh, if it weren't for people life would be so much better." Such was the comment from a priest friend of mine.  We then went into a discussion about people in general.  We concluded that, as people, we can aggravate the tar out of each other, make each other so angry that we want to smack them, we can use our position to bully others, we can use our intellect to belittle others, we can commit horrendous acts on each other.  Yet, as people, we can also be kind to each other, be compassionate with each other, we can encourage each other, we can do and say things that bring laughter to each other, we are capable of incredible acts of love to each other.

 

Soon our discussion about people turned to Job, who, if you remember, had quite a bad experience and yet endured.  In Job 19:25, he provides us the key to remember when we are enduring trials at the hands of others, "But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and He will stand upon the earth at last."  Fear comes when our focus is changed from God to our situation, when we remember that our Redeemer truly does live, what do we have to fear?