Lamentations 3:57, “Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.”
This verse is talking about Jeremiah (a man) calling out to God to help him. How did God answer? He drew near and said, “Fear not.”
This is a clear illustration of the relationship between a man and God. The man (Jeremiah) called and God answered. The Bible says in Jeremiah 33:3, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” This is an invitation from God Himself. This is God reaching down to man and offering to be there for him.
We need to understand that God wants to help us in the chaos of this life. He wants to draw near to us and put His loving arms around us and say, “Fear not.” But – He requires something from us – we need to call out to Him for this help and fellowship. We call – God answers. We need to acknowledge the fact that God wants to help us and then acknowledge that He will help us if we call. (Please make sure there is no known sin in your life breaking the fellowship between you and God. If so, confess it and move on. (I John 1:9.)
Often we apologize for burdening God with our needs. We sometimes feel that we are bothering Him when we bring Him our troubles. Please understand that this is not the case. God desires for us to bring our cares to Him (I Peter 5:7). He actually instructs us to do so.
God wants to be a part of our lives. We need to start calling upon Him for every need we have, and then we can watch the ‘fears’ of life melt away!
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