What is Fear?

What is fear in light of who God is? What is fear in light of being with God?

¹² Who has measured the waters^[a] in the hollow of His hand,
      Measured heaven with a span
      And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
      Weighed the mountains in scales
      And the hills in a balance?
       ¹³ Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD,
      Or as His counselor has taught Him?
       ¹⁴ With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,
      And taught Him in the path of justice?
      Who taught Him knowledge,
      And showed Him the way of understanding?
       ¹⁵ Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
      And are counted as the small dust on the scales;
      Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
       ¹⁶ And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
      Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
       ¹⁷ All nations before Him are as nothing,
      And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.
       ¹⁸ To whom then will you liken God?
      Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
       ¹⁹ The workman molds an image,
      The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
      And the silversmith casts silver chains.
       ²⁰ Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution
      Chooses a tree that will not rot;
      He seeks for himself a skillful workman
      To prepare a carved image that will not totter.
       ²¹ Have you not known?
      Have you not heard?
      Has it not been told you from the beginning?
      Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
       ²² It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
      And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
      Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
      And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
       ²³ He brings the princes to nothing;
      He makes the judges of the earth useless.
       ²⁴ Scarcely shall they be planted,
      Scarcely shall they be sown,
      Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth,
      When He will also blow on them,
      And they will wither,
      And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.
       ²⁵ “ To whom then will you liken Me,
      Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One.
       ²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high,
      And see who has created these things,
      Who brings out their host by number;
      He calls them all by name,
      By the greatness of His might
      And the strength of His power;
      Not one is missing. 
-Isaiah 40:12-26


How could I ever be afraid when I serve a God of the impossible? A God whose greatness no one can fathom.

If God is my everything, that includes my fear. If He is my fear, then I cannot have a fear of man. 

Isaiah 8:12-13 says "Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.
       ¹³ The LORD of hosts, Him you shall hallow;
      Let Him be your fear,
      And let Him be your dread. "

There is no fear when you see the face of God.

What is fear of pain? Fear of death? It is nothing. I laugh at pain. I laugh at death. It's victory when it's for Christ.

"I will climb this mountain with my hands wide open." 

"When the call of God comes to you, keep going and never stop." -Oswald Chambers

No fear but God.

"Fear not those than can kill the body but cannot kill the soul."

So here I am, Lord. A bondservant to Christ. Weak and utterly inadequate in my own strength and skills, yet moving in the power and authority You've given Christ, Himself.

Dying to myself internally so that others may live. Preparing to die even in body so that others may know You. This is my devotion. My eyes are fixed on You. There is no one else for me but You, God.

And no one can stop the will of God. Turning my eyes away from this world, I'm staring into Your beautiful eyes. I will never look away.

I will go to the darkest, most dangerous place on earth so Your name will be known in every nation, tribe, tongue.

My life is not my own.