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In golf, the grip is vital. Same goes for baseball, tennis, bowling, gymnastics and a host of other sports. Sometimes when we are anxious and disturbed, a well-meaning soul may say, “Get a grip on yourself!” Might help in some situations but what about now?
So much turmoil in America these days. Just look around you. So many reasons to be afraid, or certainly very very cautious. It’s time when the expression, “Take care” has never meant more.
Is fear involved? You bet! There’s the response to fear: fight – we see that these days, more than we’d like! Flight – some folks are on the run I suppose. And Freeze – holing up, sheltering in place. Government from top to bottom is affected by fear, right?
Back to the topic of grips. In life as in sports, the grip is vital. Fear is a spirit, 2 Tim 1:7, and fear – has a grip. Fear gripped Zacharias when he saw an angel – Lu 1:12. Fear gripped the crowd when Jesus raised the young man from the funeral bier in Lu 7:16. Fear gripped the people of the Gerasenes when they beheld the man from whom Jesus had cast out a legion of demons. Lu 8:37.
What about Jesus and our Heavenly Father? Do they have a grip? Beginning with John 10:27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My grip. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s grip.”
We are in the grip of Almighty God. SO FEAR NOT! “In the world we will have tribulation, but take courage; Jesus has overcome the world.” John 16:33.
Jesus leaves His peace with us – giving it freely, and not as the world gives. So in the most unusual times, DO NOT LET your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. John 14:27.
God is not passive about His children. While we are in His grip, a very good thing, remember God has characteristics as noted in Ps 146. He executes justice for the oppressed, sets the prisoners free. Raises up those who are bowed down, thwarts the way of the wicked, and more.
Don’t let fear grip you – you are already in His grip! Meditate on this truth – you will – COME ALIVE!
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