February 3, 2024 -- Proverbs 3:25-27 -- The LORD is Your Confidence

Do not be afraid of sudden terror
    or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes,
26 for the LORD will be your confidence
    and will keep your foot from being caught.
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to do it.
Proverbs 3:25-27 ESV

Recently I saw news headlines that the E.U. and the World Economic Forum founder and the WHO Director-General were all leading their respective organizations efforts at making plans for Disease X. That is some unknown virus or disease which might devastate humanity. Of course people are always devouring news about the latest virus, or snow-bomb, or financial disaster, or climate change, or (well, you fill in the blank). Notice in the first verse that sudden terrors will be predicted, though they may or may not happen. In contrast the ruin of the wicked is assured. There is no question that the doomsayers will themselves be thrown down. The downfall of the wicked should not surprise the Christian, instead it should leave him in no doubt of God's rule over all things.

For terrors real, imagined, impending or occurring, the second verse give reassurance which is beyond all measure comforting: for the LORD will be your confidence. Humanity is not improving—look at the greed, the wars, the research to find newer, more lethal viruses for warfare, the plans for M.A.I.D.’s expansion—though that is currently slowed in Canada, it is not off the books! Your confidence is fixed on the LORD. When you see His Name all in capitals it refers to Exodus 3:15, where the LORD assures Moses, and all the subsequent generations, that He Is, He Was, He Will Be. Nothing surprises God. Nothing is beyond Him. He has the ability to guard His people, save His people in Christ, and direct the course of history. The great confidence of the Christian is the saving work of God.

Notice the impact that should have. So many people have funds for a rainy day. The problem is that such funds can become for them a prized hoard that never gets used. When there are needs and crisis all around, the ones who have the LORD as their confidence can freely give. The LORD will provide (that is Genesis 22:14). So ask yourself, are you using your wealth, your time and your abilities to bless the people around you so that in your generosity they see the LORD is your confidence? The LORD's got this, He can provide, He does give His children exactly what is needed so that their faith grows and their submitted obedience to Him can flourish.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name.
Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen.

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