Calming Your Fears

# 229 - Today's Du-votional comes from: 1Sa 16:4 So Samuel did what the LORD said, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, "Do you come peaceably?" 5 And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice. I find it interesting that the first question the people ask Samuel is “Do you come peaceably?” The response to that question quells two separate fears. First of all the fear of the people concerning Samuel's visit. A prophet didn't usually pop in at Bethlehem and the elders feared that they had done something to raise the ire of God. Samuel immediately calms their fears when he answers, “Peaceably I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.” Secondly that answer ought to ring a bell with Samuel because the Lord had told him that when people asked him what he was up to, he was to tell them, “I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.” The very question of the elders, gives opportunity to Samuel to calm his fears. God is in this all the way because the answer is word for word as God said it would be! Samuel has nothing to fear from Saul, the Lord is with him! Take this and run with it my friend, for it proves again, that nothing that happens to you today is going to catch God by surprise. God is on top of your situation. He is not up in heaven wringing His hands in worry over what may befall you today. And remember this: Ro 8:38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. The same God who walked ahead of Samuel with His love, walks ahead of you. He calmed Samuel's fears and the fears of the people, allow Him to calm your fears as well.