โBehold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song.โ
Isaiah 12:2
These words give to us the heart of Isaiah the prophet. Though Isaiah lived in troublesome times, his confidence was unshaken. Because of what Isaiah possessed, he could remain calm in the center of a crisis. What about us? Do we not possess the same things?
I can trust and not be afraid because with God I have the Essential Thingโmy salvation. No matter what may happen, I know that my eternity is settled. Thatโs the essential thing. If you do not have the essential thing, you can never have peace in the time of turmoil. If you havenโt settled itโget it done today.
I can trust and not be afraid because with God I have the Everyday Thingโmy strength. He promised that โas thy days, so shall thy strength beโ (Deuteronomy 33:25). He will give me grace for every situation through every day. I have been granted access to the throne of grace to obtain the help I need in times of trouble (Hebrews 4:16).
I can trust and not be afraid because with God I have the Extra Thingโmy song. I have something those who know not Christ can never haveโa song! Job reminds us that God โgiveth songs in the nightโ (Job 35:10). In the darkness of uncertain days, the child of God can sing because he knows that God is in control.
What though the way be lonely
And dark the shadows fall;
I know whereโer it leadeth,
My father planned it all.
I sing through the shade and the sunshine,
Iโll trust Him whatever befall;
I sing for I cannot be silent โ
My Father planned it all.
H. H. Pierson
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Craig Burcham, GSBC Chairman of the Bible Department
Bro. Burcham serves as the Chairman of the Bible Department at Golden State Baptist College. Prior to coming to GSBC, he served as a missionary with his family in Japan for a number of years and then pastored in Missouri. Bro. Burcham also teaches an adult Sunday school class at NVBC.
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