Contemplative Bible Reading

Zephaniah 3:13 (New Living Translation)

The remnant of Israel will do no wrong;
they will never tell lies or deceive one another.
They will eat and sleep in safety,
and no one will make them afraid.

Once again, (I wrote of this verse recently) the prophet is telling the people what God has said. There will be a day when the people will change. They will look to God and do no wrong.

There are blessings that come from looking to God. The last phrase describes one of these blessings—no one will make me afraid.

Of course not. When I am with God, what can a person do to me. Sure they can steal my stuff and hurt me physically and all sorts of terrible things. Still, what can they do to me?

God frees me from the fear of other persons—if I let Him. I can think of all sorts of frightening things, but that is a show of my weakness, not of a failure of God’s promise.

Please God, help me in my unbelief. Help me to stop fearing others.