One of my favorite quotes from Parks and Rec! Jerry gets all flustered and turns his words around - instead of “what are you going do?” He hits everyone with the ole’ “What are do gonna you?” Isn’t that just life some times? We get so flustered, worries, anxious, nervous…whatever it is we get there because of what is going on around us.

The author of Hebrews breaks it down easily…what can any human do to me that is worth being frightened about? Nothing because God is there to help us.

Now…does that mean that fear is a meaningless emotion? No

Does that mean that we will never be in pain? No

Does that mean that “bad things” won’t happen to us? No

Life happens. Broken people to hurtful things…Hurt People Hurt People and we are going to go through pain, suffering, hurt…and in some ways so much more!

I have been through a lot of hurt…both taking place in and outside the church (the church hurt is the worst and something I am sure I will write about at some point in time) but let’s face it…we are all going to go through some crap in life and it’s going to hurt and it could cause us to fear.

So what is the promise here?

That God is going to help us in spite of it.

That God is with us, for us and that nothing will be able to stand in opposition against us or take us out!

Here is the part of the verse that REALLY gets me…the writer says that understanding this truth gives him courage and helps me live life in good cheer! That is an amazing truth!

Because we know that God is for us and that nobody can truly hurt us or harm us in a way that “takes us out of the game of life” we can confidently live and interact with others in confidence and good cheer!

Again…living a life that goes beyond what is to be expected or what is accepted by others points others to the person of God!

That God is going to help us through it.

This is the life I want to live…I have to get at it!