Digging Deeper: Don’t Let Fear Make You Forget His Faithfulness
When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
Exodus 14:10-12 (ESV)
DON’T LET FEAR MAKE YOU FORGET HIS FAITHFULNESS
When the Israelites saw Pharaoh approaching, fear overwhelmed them. In their panic, they forgot everything God had already done for them. Fear has a way of making us lose sight of God’s faithfulness.
Fear can quietly take over our hearts. We fear rejection, failure, abandonment, insecurity, uncertainty, and loss. Sometimes we fear not being enough. And when fear grows louder than faith, we begin turning to other things for comfort — constant busyness, perfectionism, distractions, or the opinions of others.
The Israelites forgot that the same God who delivered them from slavery was still standing with them at the edge of the sea. How often do we do the same? God has carried us through painful seasons before, yet when new difficulties arise, we question whether He can take care of us again.
What is beautiful about this passage is that God did not walk away from His fearful people. He remained faithful even while they doubted Him. That same grace is available to us today. Even when our emotions are messy and our faith feels weak, God stays near. Our faith may feel like a struggle sometimes, but His love never is.
Prayer:
I pray, as you walk through your day, that God would calm every fear in your heart and remind you of His goodness. Lord, forgive us when we unintentionally place our trust in temporary comforts instead of in You. Help us remember Your faithfulness in every season of life. Just as You stayed with Israel in their fear, stay close to us and remind us that Your love is steady and unchanging.
Kelly Skelton is a Georgia native, raised in the south on Jesus, Georgia football and sweet tea. She is her husbands’ biggest fan and her two daughters’ loudest cheerleaders. She recently published her first children’s book titled, But God Had a Plan. She stays active in the Dallas area as a photographer, videographer, writer, and middle school teacher.