Faith's Checkbook

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May 10

May 10
Fear Only God
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
(Hebrews 13:6)
Because God will never leave nor forsake us, we may well be content with such things as we have.
Since the Lord is ours, we cannot be left without a friend, a treasure, and a dwelling place. This
assurance may make us feel quite independent of men. Under such high patronage, we do not feel
tempted to cringe before our fellowmen and ask them permission to call our lives our own; but what
we say we boldly say and defy contradiction.
He who fears God has nothing else to fear. We should stand in such awe of the living Lord that all the
threats that can be used by the proudest persecutor should have no more effect upon us than the
whistling of the wind. Man in these days cannot do so much against us as he could when the apostle
wrote the verse at the head of this page. Racks and stakes are out of fashion. The giant Pope cannot
burn the pilgrims now. If the followers of false teachers try cruel mockery and scorn, we do not
wonder at it, for the men of this world cannot love the heavenly seed. What then? We must bear the
world's scorn. It breaks no bones. God helping us, let us be bold; when the world rages, let it
rage, but let us not fear it.