Godly Outlook

Jesus says in the Word of God in 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV),

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

I was riding my horse on Saturday and we went through a thicket. It was quite closed up, it was a narrow path and all of a sudden something disturbed Snowy and he absolutely froze. He started to shake from the top to the bottom. If you are a horse rider you will understand that feeling, it is quite an unpleasant feeling. I didn’t know whether he was going to bolt or take off in a different direction, but I was able to calm him down, pat him, let him keep his focus, keep his head down and just keep going forward. We came through that thicket with no problems and then regained our composure, both of us, and continued with our journey. 

In this time in which we are living, in my opinion, the biggest danger is not the Covid19, but the fear that has been generated through this virus that has gone right around the globe.

We as believers need to keep a calm demeanour and a calm attitude towards the circumstances in which we are finding ourselves today. You see, if I had panicked with my horse Snowy, he would have sensed it straight away and it would have got much worse. But I did not panic, I relaxed, I reassured him, he settled down and we continued with our ride.

Stay away from negative people who have got only negative reports. Start getting closer to Jesus and spending more time in the Word and you will find that your fear will be replaced by faith. That is
what the world is desperately looking for in these last days. We have a great obligation, first of all to the Lord as His ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20, (NKJV) “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God”) and then to one another to keep our eyes fixed on the Lord and by so doing, bring peace into any situation in which we find ourselves. Whether it be in the workplace, whether it be on the sports field, whether it be in the home, we need to remember that nothing can happen to us without God’s permission. God is in full control, He is never caught unawares.

May God bless you as you have a wonderful week and you pervade that atmosphere of peace (Shalom) wherever you go. John 14:27 (NKJV) says,

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Jesus bless you
Angus and Jill Buchan