Covenant Reformed News – April 2016 • Volume XV, Issue 24
This article from Covenant Reformed News expounds on Isaiah 51:12-13 to address the practical struggle of fearing man while forgetting God, drawing parallels between Israel's captivity in Babylon and believers' temptations in the contemporary world. The author provides pastoral comfort by showing that fear of man is a real struggle even for genuine believers, and demonstrates how God graciously addresses both stated requests and unstated spiritual struggles in His people's prayers. The exposition offers biblical encouragement for daily Christian living and spiritual growth in the midst of worldly pressures.
Fearing Man and Forgetting God (1) “I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?” (Isa. 51:12-13). The practical...