Need Comfort?

This is a mad, mad, mad world. With suicide bombers, terrorist attacks, North Korea attempting to lob nuclear bombs at the U.S., rioting, crime, murder and mayhem, it doesn’t feel safe around here anymore. One would almost want to crawl into their underground bunker and call it a day. It’s insane up here in the world. What’s to keep us from doing that besides the fact that most of us don’t own an underground bunker?

For the Christian, we turn to the God and the Bible. What does God say about fear? I looked up some verses to comfort myself in the midst of all this chaos.

1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.”

Psalms 91 “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. (1) I will say to the LORD, “my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” (2) For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence (3). He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark (4). You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day; (5) Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. (6) A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you. (7) You will only look on with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. (8) For you have made the LORD, my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place. (9) No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent. (10) For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways. (11) They will bear you up in their hands, that you do not strike your foot against a stone. (12) You will tread upon the lion and cobra, the young lion and the serpent you will trample down. (13) Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. (14) He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. (15) With a long life I will satisfy him and let him see my salvation.” (16)

Psalms 34:4-8 “I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. (4) They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed. (5) This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. (6) The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them. (7) O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!” (8)

Psalms 34:17-19 “The righteous cry, and the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. (17) The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (18) Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. (19)

There you have it. Some good solid verses to dwell on in the midst of our crazy world. If those don’t comfort you, I don’t know what to tell you.