" he's fearless in his mother's arms"

                                

I was visiting my brother's family at the beach this week. There was a nice sandbar that allowed us to safely take the young children further out into the waves. As the kids got used to the waves "crashing" upon their bodies, they became more and more excited and daring.

The youngest of the 3 is a boy. Of course, he gets more and more aggressive and  daring as he gains confidence. Suddenly out of nowhere, a larger than normal wave comes and knocks him off his feet. He becomes confused, disoriented, and not so daring. He reaches for his mother. She picks him up. He begins to calm down. Once composed and seeing what was happening, he says, "this is really fun."

His wise mom simply says, "he's fearless in his mother's arms." 

I immediately pondered, as I often do, what a great picture of our life in Christ. Why does He repeatedly say, "fear not"? Notice what He does not say. He does not tell us to "be courageous! Be strong although you are afraid." He says "fear not." This is a state of being without fear. This is being fearless.

Like my young grand nephew, his mom didn't say, "no be courageous, stay on your own and fight through this. Be a big boy." She picked him up into her arms, and he became FEARLESS.

That's the Gospel. That is life in the Kingdom. That is "wow worthy". That is worth pondering