Ya know those really annoying people that ask questions all of the time way back in grade school.  Constant question after question after question– Constant bickering about the subject matter– Constant annoyance to those of us who are brilliant right?!  Well I would say that they probably learned 10x more than I did in those classes.  They had all of their fears taken away when they asked questions.

Its interesting though.  When you look at a question, it stems from a fear, or an “unknowing” of a subject.  Kids give you a puzzled look and adults give you an even more stupid look.  Haha (cause they are trying to cover it up).

But riddle me this–

Say you are in your home with your friend, and you hear a freakishly scary sound out back and you don’t know what it is.  You begin to panic and fear for your life, and then you ask your friend what it was.  Your friend tells you that it was just a raccoon in the trash.  Now your fear has subsided.

Even if your friend had said it was the biggest grizzly bear ever, your fears wouldn’t be nearly as great because you knew what was going on.  It is that knowledge that gives us strength.

When applying this to faith: it is exactly what God’s Word is.  When we feel alone, we feel down, destroyed, poor, hopeless, there is a word that will identify those fears.  And it also says that your Brothers and Sisters around the world are enduring that same kind of pain (1 Peter 8-9).

Knowing that you are not alone in your suffering can greatly help you in your faith.  But it all starts in your faith with God and trust in his Word.  Once you can take heart in that, you can be a strong warrior.