If you have watched the news or heard the news of late there is much that would cause a heart to be afraid!  But God!  (Two of the most precious words for Believers!)  But God knows our hearts and in the Scriptures, He gives us reassurance in His “Fear Not!”  Let us seek them out and rejoice with thanksgiving that He is our protector and He is in control of all.
 
Isaiah 41:10 tells of the comfort we have because of God’s greatness,
“Fear not, for I am always with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”   
And then in Vs. 13,
“For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right  hand,
Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’”  
 
Concerning our Protector:
Listen to what the Psalmist David said of God, his Protector, when God saved him from the hand of Saul in Psalm 18:2,
“The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my delivered;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn (strength) of my salvation, my stronghold.”
 
The Apostle Paul speaks of Christ Jesus, his Protector and ours, in 
2 Timothy 4:16-17,
“At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me.  May it not be charged against them.  But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear.  And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.”
 
Scripture tells us of the characteristics of our divine protection--
It is continuous:
Jesus tells His disciples in Matthew 28:20,
“…And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
 
Read Psalm 121 it speaks of ‘God as Our Keeper’  how blessed we are!
 
It is unfailing:
Hebrews 13:5-6 tells us,
“…For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’
So we may boldly say:
‘The LORD is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?’”
 
Joshua 1:5 is a cross reference to Hebrews 13:5
“No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your  life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.  I will not leave your nor forsake you.”
 
It is persevering:
Jesus speaking in John 10:28-29 says,
“And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.”
 
Can we not say then with Paul in Romans 8:31?
“What then shall we say to these thing?
If God is for us, who can be against us?”
 
It is God, the Person of Love who protects continuously, unfailingly and perseveringly. The One who so loved He gave His only beloved Son to die in our place, so that we could have life in Him.
 
Are you persuaded as Paul is in Vs. 38-39?
“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 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.”
 
If there is any doubt, I strongly urge you, as Jesus said in Mathew 7:7-8.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”
 
Thank you Lord!  The world seems in chaos, but Believers are safe in Your ever present love and care.  Amen