THIS SCRIPTURE VERSE IS A MONUMENTAL BLESSING – STRENGTHENED AND UPHELD

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I have been blessed greatly by Dr James Tour. Just watch this video (25 minutes) and you will changed for the better. He has an amazing testimony.

Dr. James Tour emphasizes that Isaiah 41:10’s promise — “Do not fear … I will strengthen you … I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” — provides believers with lasting comfort, strength and assurance whenever life becomes overwhelming. He reminds Christians to trust God’s presence and power rather than giving in to anxiety or fear. It has worked for James Tour. It can work for you.

James Tour is an amazing scientist. He has been the facilitator for many start-up companies utilising new technologies. God wastes nothing, Jesus will use the talents that God has given to James Tour in His coming Millennial Kingdom. James will be in his new glorified body and he will be used by God to ensure new technologies are wisely used by business for the entire 1000 years of Jesus Millennial Kingdom.

COME TO THE RIVER OF LIFE

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“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; He utters his voice, the earth melts. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.” Psalms 46:1-7

Psalm 46 opens with chaos overwhelming and destroying stability. But, in a sudden shift, verse 4 takes us somewhere else. Instead of the chaos of raging seas, we see a river – calm, controlled water bringing life to the city of God, where God Himself dwells.

Old Testament readers will instantly think back to the waters of life flowing from Eden, where God originally walked with humanity. New Testament readers will also look forward to Revelation 22, and the river of life passing through the new Eden, lined with trees of life.

The river is God’s life-giving blessing flowing into His city, providing calm amid chaos. He promises that His city will never fall (Psalm 46:5).

How good are the Psalms? We can thank David for many of them, and we will be able to do that in the not-too-distant future. The following two scriptures reveal that in the Millennium, David is a prince among the people, and one of his tasks is to enforce the Feast days.

“I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them — My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.” Ezekiel 34:23-24

“The prince shall own the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city… on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary of the land. It is to be his property in Israel.” Ezekiel 45:7

FEARLESSNESS IN THE FACE OF DANGER

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In the last days, we will need to be fearless in the face of danger just as David was with Goliath.

“For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?… And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth and he has been a man of war from his youth.”…Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”… Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head.” 1 Samuel 17:26b,33,36, 45-46

How was David so fearless? David knew that God was in control and he could trust God no matter how hopeless the circumstances.

How about Daniel’s friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?

“ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” Daniel 3:16-18

All three exhibited total trust in God despite the impossible circumstances.

Daniel was also fearless in the face of a horrible fate. The governors and high officials plotted against Daniel because King Darius was going to set Daniel as governor over the whole kingdom. They succeeded in getting the king against his will to cast Daniel into a lion’s den. It is obvious from the following Scripture that Daniel had witnessed extensively to King Darius.

“The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!” Daniel 6:16

“Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” Daniel 6:21-22

“Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him because he had trusted in his God.” Daniel 6:23

How about Joshua? At age eighty after forty years in the wilderness God gives Joshua the task of taking the Promised Land from its inhabitants, after thirteen major battles and many skirmishes God maintained his strength so that he could say “I am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me“.

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

“And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming.” Joshua 14:10-11

These passages in Joshua aren’t just a proof text for being fearless, they are also a lesson in the paradox of trusting God and also being fearless. Joshua was told to be strong and courageous, but God also told Joshua He would fight on behalf of Israel.

What about the example of Esther. She was fearless: “if I perish, I perish”.

“Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” Esther 4:15-16

When preaching the Gospel we need to be fearless like Peter and I am sure we will see the power of God manifested as did Peter and many other Christians during a time of intense persecution.

“Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.” Acts 3:12-16