Isaiah 43: 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

The Lord, the Creator gave the above assurances to Israel through Isaiah the prophet despite their repeated willfulness. No one else could make such promises. The same loving-kindness is being extended to believers today. Your Creator is reminding you of his constant care and that you are invincible in him. You might seem like little David coming up against the Goliath in your personal circumstances now or, maybe, much of the fear and dread you feel is in your imagination. In any case God would say to you as he did to Israel, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.” (See Isaiah 43: 1 – 2) That means he is not going to take his eyes off you.

On the other hand, you may feel perfectly fine about your individual situation but insecure about everything else that is going on around you. It matters not because the Lord God would still have you know that he has not abandoned his creation nor has he abdicated his throne. “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it, for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.” (Psalm 24:1 – 2).

“I am the eternal God and I do not countenance men’s schemes. They do not stand in the way of anything I have purposed for my children. I dismantle their schemes and render them as nothing.  They can have no lasting negative consequences for my children. They serve as stumbling blocks and tools in the refining process, nothing more.”