Fear Not

"For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee." - Isaiah 41:13

The other day during a Bible discussion, I told someone, "I just love the book of _________." But I had to follow it up with, "I say that about every book of the Bible. Today's verse as you can see is from the book of Isaiah, which really is where I draw a lot of inspiration from.
Just look at the verse with me. "I the Lord thy God", He is letting us know plainly there that He is the one there for us, He is the one going to do it, we are not alone - "will hold thy right hand".
"Saying unto thee fear not" - WOW! How many times have we saw fear not used it the Bible? It is always in situations of greatness - think of the angel spoken of in the book of Luke chapter 2, "fear not, for behold I bring your good tidings of great joy..." when speaking of the Savior's birth. God uses fear not to let us know just that - not to fear, but I also think it is because the news following it is always so spectacular that it is almost unbelievable and would cause someone to fear whether or not it was the truth...
"I will help thee" - is there anyone in the world that you would rather have tell you that they will help you than the Lord Himself? There shouldn't be. Man may and often will fail you, but the Lord, He is always there.
This verse is getting written on an index card to go in my prayer box today. My husband goes to the dermatologist this evening to have a mole checked and by human nature, I want to fall to pieces out of fear and the "what ifs". However, I have a God that is bigger, stronger, and mightier than anything in this world! My prayer is a praise already in knowing that throughout my day, the Lord is going to be with me telling me to "Fear not"! How awesome is that!

God Bless You,
Mary