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Sunday Psalms;

[1] The LORD is my light and my salvation. Should I fear anyone? The LORD is a fortress protecting my life. Should I be frightened of anything?  
Psalms 27:1 CEB
David is the author of this psalm, this song, and he opens it with these 2 statements of truth:
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
The Lord is a fortress protecting my life.
Holding these things as true in a world that seems to be coming against him leads to the question:
So should I be afraid?
Because I am.
Even though he knows that he is held by Yahweh, the Eternal, Unfailing Love, he is still afraid.
This is what it is to be human, to know and hold to what is True, and to live in a world that is doing it's very best at times to tell us something else...

David names the things in this song that make him afraid - we can follow his lead and do that too. 
David ends his song by sharing with us his declaration of hope in the face of fear:

"But I have sure faith that I will experience the LORD's goodness in the land of the living!
Hope in the LORD! 
Be strong! 
Let your heart take courage! 
Hope in the LORD!"
Psalms 27:13-14 CEB

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#thisisourGod 

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