PSALM 27:1 WHAT...ME FEAR?

Greetings inhabitants in the land of the living...

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; WHOM SHALL I FEAR? The Lord is the strength of my life; of WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID?" (Psalm 27:1)

"Chuck Norris does not check his closet at night for the bogey man...the bogey man checks his closet at night for Chuck Norris." (Chuck Norris Facts)

In this dark, dying, cursed, fallen world that we live in...sometimes...it gets scary...especially in the dark. I remember when I was a child...I had watched some kind of scary movie...and from where my bed was positioned...I could look down the hall into the living room...and it looked like someone was sitting in a chair...not moving...just sitting there. Well I finally fell asleep and when I woke up IN THE LIGHT...I could see that there was a coat with a hat sitting on the chair. In the SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT...I was gripped by fear...but in the LIGHT OF DAY... the fear vanished.

I am reminded of Smith Wigglesworth...who was asleep one night and he was awaken by the presence of someone at the end of his bed. According to the story...Wigglesworth lit a candle and saw it was satan/devil at the end of his bed. His reaction was.."Oh...it's you."...and he blew out the candle and went back to sleep. As Smith Wigglesworth was walking by FAITH and not by SIGHT...and he had the Lord as his (1) light (2) salvation (3) strength of his life...he did NOT have to fear THE enemy (little e) who was satan (little s) or aka the devil (little d).

A cursory glance for the phrase FEAR NOT in the New Testament shows 62 times the phrase is said. It is applied to appearance of angels...in the midst of sickness and healing... in the face of enemies when the boat is rocking because of storms...and various appearances of Jesus...etc.

David...The Psalmist...states why he could FEAR NOT in the face of enemies.

"I would have LOST HEART, unless I had BELIEVED...that I WOULD SEE (future tense) the GOODNESS OF GOD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING." (Psalm 27:13)

It appears that this lack of fear...is hinged not on his abilities...but on (1) light (2) salvation
(3) strength...all hinged on THE LORD. As you read through Psalm 27 you see David had a desire to dwell in the house of the Lord, behold His beauty, inquire in his temple.

David knew that in the TIME OF TROUBLE (when most of us fear)...that the Lord would hide him in His house...His pavilion...in the SECRET PLACE OF HIS TABERNACLE. He would be hid and SET UPON A ROCK.

What is the SECRET OF THE STRENGTHENED HEART?

1. Wait in faith on the Lord
2. Be of good courage

"Wait (in faith) on the Lord...be of good courage (verses bad discouragement)..and HE (not you or anything or anyone else) shall STRENGTHEN your heart...Wait, I say ON THE LORD."
(Psalm 27:14 with a little commentary by me).

Love and Fearless Kisses
Rodney "What...Me Fear?" Boyd