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Keep Calm and Don’t Be Afraid

Writer's picture: Pastor Nathan NassPastor Nathan Nass

“Keep Calm and…” I enjoy seeing that phrase all over the place. “Keep Calm and Donut Worry.” “Keep Calm and Drink Tequila.” “Keep Calm and Go Pack Go.” “Keep Calm and Eat a Banana.”

Do you know what I found in the Bible today? That very phrase! The “keep calm” craze isn’t a new phenomenon. Here’s what God said to his people 2,700 years ago, “Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid” (Isaiah 7:4). That’s God’s take on “Keep Calm.” “Keep calm and don’t be afraid.

The truth is, the Israelites in those days were very afraid. In fact, King Ahaz and his people “were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind” (Isaiah 7:2). There were dangers and rumors all around them. They were shaking inside and out. So what did God say? “Keep calm and don’t be afraid.

I couldn’t help but notice what comes next. Do you know what God says next in Isaiah 7? “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). What’s the greatest reason you can always keep calm? Because God sent his Son Jesus, who is “God with us.” No matter what you are facing today, here’s encouragement from our Almighty God: “Keep calm and don’t be afraid.

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