The Revelation of Jesus with Rick Sterling.

Be Not Afraid~

One of my favorite pieces of doggerel (comic verse composed in irregular rhythm) this:

"When in panic when in doubt, run in circles scream and shout!"

This speaks specifically to what we are seeing in the news about the 'run' on toilet paper and other survival good that are flying off the shelves in grocery stores. Yesterday things were so bad where I live that I couldn't get into the parking lot at our local Stater's, and cars were lined up on the street.

When is it appropriate to be afraid? We are almost always afraid of something about which we know little or nothing, something that catches us by surprise, and not in a nice way, such as a surprise party. Today, and for the forseeable future, we see this in the COVID-19 outbreak making it's way across the world. People are scared out of their minds by just the thought of getting this disease, primarily because or the horrible and self-serving attitute of the main stream media, that wants to promote their own agenda in trying to discredit a sitting President, and also sell advertising. 

We can also see this same type of fear all through the Bible, when people come in contact with people or events that they have had no previous experience with. But God does not want us to have fear, He wants us to have peace. 

So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and *said to them, "Peace be with you."  So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit".  John 20:19, 21, 22.

"I will fear no evil, for You are with me." Ps. 23:4.