Day 6: Jesus Gives Us a Reason to Keep Going

Jesus is with you even when you are filled with fear, and Jesus will guard and protect you. Paul only saw the opposition — the angry crowds, the risk, the cost. But Jesus saw people who would become family: "many people in this city belong to me." Paul's fear did not disqualify him; it kept him from trusting in himself. When you are afraid, use your fear as fuel to trust in God, not yourself. The authority of God is not your confidence; it is the presence of Jesus and the Holy Spirit in your life. The people around you who feel like opposition to Jesus may be the family He is about to bring in — and He may use your voice to reach them.