No Fear
- Steve Boots
- 6 hours ago
- 2 min read
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. Job 14:5
There is a mindset I believe God planted in my heart a few years ago that has reshaped the way I look at life, fear, and even death itself. It is a truth that is easy to preach yet powerful when it finally settles into your soul: God already knows the exact moment I will take my last breath. Not only does He know it—He set it. My pastor and father-in-law, John Brothers, used to say, “On the day I was born, death pulled up a chair.” In other words, my appointment with death has never been a mystery to God. It is not flexible or subject to chance. It is fixed.
If that is true—and Scripture makes it plain that it is—then what exactly do I have to be afraid of? My time to die will not come a second before God’s appointed moment, and it will not be delayed a second after. That means whether I am cowering in a corner, witnessing for Christ in a hostile world, or even skydiving out of an airplane, I will not die until God says it is time. And when that moment arrives, nothing I do will be able to stop it.
Understanding that has drained the power right out of fear.
We live in a world that tries to threaten us with the unknown. What if sickness comes? What if there is an accident? What if violence touches my life? Yet the believer can look every “what-if” in the face and say, “My God already knows my final moment, and He will walk me through every step until I get there.”
Whether my journey ends by disease, an accident, a weapon, or simply old age—it does not change the fact that Heaven is waiting and that my Father stands on the other side of the gates to that city. You cannot threaten me with Heaven. If anything, the attempt only reminds me of what is coming, and it actually stirs my heart with anticipation. I love the life God has given me, and I am grateful for every day He allows me to live it, but I am not afraid of the end of it. How could I be? The God Who saved me is the same God Who wrote the final chapter of my earthly story before the first chapter even began.
Walk forward with courage today. Live boldly for the Lord. Your life is held securely in the hands of the One Who appointed your first breath—and your last.
Read also: Psalm 31:1-24
Quote of the day: “Courage grows when you realize death is an appointment with God, not an accident of this world.”
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