April 2

Unbelieving Fears

“I will trust, and not be afraid.”
— Isa. 12:2

“Abraham found in the mountain a place where he could intercede with God, while Lot was saying, "I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me and I die." Unbelief always looks at the place of faith as the most awful thing possible — all darkness.”

“He is not ashamed to call you brethren; and will you be ashamed to confess Him as your Lord and Master in the face of all the world? Be not debating within yourselves when you shall avow yourselves; do it at once, decidedly. Make the plunge, and trust God for the consequence. I know it by experience that an open, bold confession of being Christ's is more than half the struggle over. … I say, as one who knows, that if a man, in the strength of the Lord, is just brought to say to his companions and friends, I am Christ's, and I must act for Him — that he will not suffer what others must feel who are creeping on fearful and afraid to avow Him whom they desire to serve.”