Psalm 27
Christmas is an
emotional time of the year! It seems like feelings are in control. Did you ever notice how much fear and worry
was in the first Christmas? It is
tension-packed. Worry can easily replace
peace and joy.
Fear overwhelms and taunts us in the realm of the unknown. It manipulates us to react, rather
than act or respond and steals our peace and joy.
A major challenge of life is handling life’s changes
without being immobilized by fear.
Fear can occur anywhere we sense the possibility of pain or loss.
While worry is focusing on the problem and our limited
strength, victory over fear is found
through focusing on God and His unlimited resources and power.
Fear Not by…
§ Declaring Your Faith in
God v.1
God does not
show us the future but His presence in it.
§
Remembering His Past Deliverance v.2-3
God makes a way
for us to be free from troubled hearts but not from troubled times.
§
Lifting Your Eyes to God v.4
o
With a Single-minded
Focus – One thing I have asked
o
With a Sworn Obedience –
that I shall seek
o With a Set
Purpose – that I may dwell in the house of the
Lord… To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.
o With a secure hope – For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His
tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up
on a rock. v.5
§
Singing Praises to God v.6
§ Crying out to God v.7a, 9-10,12
§ Listening for God’s Answer v.7b
§
Responding in Obedience to God’s Guidance
v.8,11
§
Experiencing God’s Peace and Power v.13-14
