“I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears” (Psalm 34:4 ESV).
David wrote this psalm while he was on the run from King Saul. He had even tried to gain favor with a foreign king named Abimelech, but became afraid and feigned insanity to escape him. So at a time when David couldn’t go home, nor even find a safe place among his enemies, he “sought the Lord.”
Have you ever felt like David? Surrounded by fears? Overcome by anxiety? Not knowing which way to turn? Why not turn to the Lord as David did? Seek the Lord. As the Lord told the prophet Jeremiah, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jer. 29:13).
Sometimes it seems that the only way we can truly seek the Lord with all our hearts is to have everything else that our heart seeks stripped away. Yet, finding the Lord, we will also find, as David did, that He delivers us from all our fears. Because “where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love drives out fear” (1 John 4:18).
PRAYER: Dear Father, we seek You today. Answer us as we seek You with all our hearts. For where You are, there is no fear. Your perfect love drives out fear. Thank You for hearing our prayer. In Jesus’ name, amen.