The picture is of our pastor teaching the Adult class at our Mid-Week Bible School.
From the Pastor:
Psalm 112:7 “He shall not be afraid of evil tidings.”
Child of God, you ought not to dread the arrival of “evil tidings” because if you are distressed by them, then you are no better off than those who do not know the LORD of hosts. Others do not know the God of your hope. They have never proved His faithfulness as you have done, and it is no wonder if they tremble with fear but you profess to be of a better spirit. You have been begotten again unto a lively hope, and your heart lives in heaven and not on earthly things. If you are seen to be fearful and worried as other men, what is the value of that grace which you profess to have received?
If you should be filled with worry and fear, as others are, you would be led into the same sins so common to unbelievers when they are under trying circumstances. The ungodly, when they are overtaken by evil tidings, rebel against God; they murmur, and think that God deals hardly with them. Will you fall into that same sin? Will you provoke the Lord as they do?
Unsaved people put their trust in the wrong things when evil tidings come their way. They trust in self rather than in God. Evil tidings will come our way and how we react to them shows our faith. Trust in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. The plan of action is to do like Moses at the Red Sea, “Stand still and see the salvation of God.” For if you give way to fear when you hear of evil tidings, you will be unable to meet the trouble with that calm composure needed in times of adversity. How can you glorify God if you are overcome with fear? Take courage, and relying in sure confidence upon the faithfulness of your covenant with God, “let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
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