June 11

Nothing to Fear!


… I will be with you …

Joshua 1:5b (NLT)


“Dad, I am afraid of the wind. Will you walk me to the school?”

I don’t know how many times I heard my eight-year old son ask me that, but each time, I agreed and walked him to the school. He knew he could trust his father. He understood I was there for him.

As I returned from the school, it made me realize something. God likes to remind us, his followers, He will always be here for us. He said it to Moses (Exodus 3:12); He made the same promise, here, to Joshua (Joshua 1:5,9); and when Jesus commissioned His eleven disciples, He included this promise to them (Matthew 28:20).

God has always assured His people—those living for Him and doing His will—that He would be with them, that He would not forsake them nor would He fail them (Deuteronomy 31:6-8).

And us, what about us?

We are given the same words of encouragement from the author of Hebrews, “God has said, ‘I will never fail you. I will never forsake you’" (Hebrews 13:5).

My son knows he can trust his dad to be there for him, to take his hand, to walk with him. How much more should we realize God is here for us?

Let’s take His hand and with confidence enjoy walking with Him … every day … all the way … until we meet Him face to face.


Father, open my mind to this truth and cause me to understand—I have nothing to fear! Amen.