I Will Not Be Afraid!

If you feel like you are walking in darkness today and have no light, I trust these beautiful words by Annie Johnson Flint will greatly encourage your heart!

     "I will trust Him, yea, I will trust, for He never hath failed me yet;
And never a day nor an hour but mine uttermost need is met.
      Though I dwell in the midst of foes, yet there is my table spread --
And His presence wraps me 'round, and His wings are over my head.
      Father and Infinite God, my Refuge and Fortress Rock,
Where I hide from the tempest's wrath, and feel not the earthquake shock.
      So I bide with a soul serene, and a heart that is undismayed;
He is my Strength and my Shield -- of whom shall I be afraid?

      I will not be afraid, for I know that He keeps me safe from harm,
And He shall defend His own with a strong and stretched-out arm.
      Though I grope in perilous paths -- in darkness, in danger, and doubt,
I know, as He brought me in, so He surely will bring me out!
      For the God I serve today is one with the God of old;
Still doth He guide my steps, and still doth His hand uphold.
      He giveth me rest from fear; for on Him my mind is stayed;
He is the Strength of my life -- of what shall I be afraid?

      I will trust and not be afraid; I have seen, I have heard, I have known;
This mighty and terrible God hath called me and made me His own.
      "Dread not!  Faint not!"  He hath said, "For the battle belongs to me.
Go forth with a song of praise, and My victory thou shalt see."
      And where I go, He will go -- and He knoweth the way I take;
He is with me unto the end, and He will not fail nor forsake.
      They that trust in the Lord shall never be moved nor swayed.
"Fear not!"  He hath said unto me -- and why should I be afraid?"

And our Lord said in the 44th chapter of Isaiah:  "I am the first, and I am the last; and beside Me there is no God. . . . . Fear ye not, neither be afraid."