«The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?» (Psalms 27:1).
Psalm 27 «was written by David when he was ‘a hunted fugitive, finding refuge in the rocks and caves of the wilderness It has been called The Tonic Psalm. In no other psalm is David’s yearning after the service of the sanctuary as intensely expressed as here In the modern Jewish ritual, Psalm 27 is recited daily throughout the sixth month in preparation for the New Year and the Day of Atonement.»—SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 3 pp. 695, 696.
David wrote Psalm 27 after he learned that 85 priests had been assassinated in the Sanctuary after Ahimelech had given him the sacred bread and Goliath’s sword (see 1 Samuel 21:1—9, 22:18). This Psalm expresses David’s trust in spite of the enemy’s threats.
I had spent most of the day without selling a single book, and some very unpleasant experiences tempted me to give up, but something urged me to go to the next house. A lady opened the door and asked me directly, «Are you a Seventh-Day Adventist?»
«Yes, ma’am, by the grace of God,» I answered.
«Praise God!» she exclaimed! «I’ve been praying to find an Adventist for twenty years! An angel must have brought you here!»
As a child this lady had gone to church with her grandmother, but when her grandmother died, she lost all contact with Adventists. She bought the books I was selling. I prayed with her and took information about the church to her. And to God’s glory, her whole family was converted and baptized.
That day the enemy wanted to keep me from going to that home. «Christ does not cast across your pathway that dark shadow of which you complain. It is Satan who darkens your way with his own shadow, but we must not talk of his darkness, (. . .) If you calmly and trustfully contemplate the promises of God, and by simple, childlike faith claim them as your own, you will find that the darkness will vanish.”- The Review and Herald, March 26, 1889, p. 6.
Fear is a dark shadow that envelops us and finally imprisons us within ourselves. We have all been prisoners of fear in one way or another: fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of not being understood, fear of the unknown, fear of illness, or even fear of death. But the great news is that all of those fears can be conquered if we trust in God, who brings us salvation.
If we want to dissipate the darkness of fear, let us remember along with David that the Lord is my light and my salvation.
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Taken from: Devotional Thoughts for Women 2023
“DAUGHTER OF MINE” Do Not Be Afraid
From: Arsenia Fernandez-Uckele
Collaborators: Xiomara Perdomo & Angelica Cuate
