What should we most fear? Many people would answer "death" or "disease," because certainly we fear harm to our physical bodies. But Jesus tells us not to fear those. In John 11:26 (NLT), he says,
Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die.
Again, in Luke 12:4 (NLT), he says,
Don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that.
Rather, our biggest fear should be an absence of God's presence in our lives. In Psalm 104:28-29 (NLT),
When you supply it, they gather it.
You open your hand to feed them,
and they are richly satisfied.
But if you turn away from them, they panic.
When you take away their breath,
they die and turn again to dust.
Sin causes us to remove ourselves from God. David understood this. Following his sin with Bathsheba, David pleaded to God (Psalm 51:11, NLT),
Do not banish me from your presence,
and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
Thankfully, God is more faithful toward us than we are toward him. If we pray for God to fill us with his spirit, he certainly will!
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