Whom Shall I Fear? Romans 8:31 - "If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?"

This is Namma for Christ with the eighteenth inspirational blog dated Thursday, December 27, 2012.
The title of this message is, "Whom Shall I Fear? Romans 8:31 - If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?" The scripture comes from 2nd Kings 6: 14-17 and Romans 8:31 - as provided below:

2 Kings 6:14-17

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.
¹⁵ When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.
¹⁶ “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
¹⁷ And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Romans 8:31

New International Version (NIV)

More Than Conquerors

³¹ What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?


BE ENCOURAGED- YOU ARE NOT ALONE! IF YOU ARE WORRIED OR FEARFUL - PRAY AND REMEMBER "GOD IS WITH YOU"!

AS MATTHEW 1:23 READS BELOW..

Matthew 1:23
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 

"GOD IS WITH US!"  NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH - THE LORD'S NAME, "EMMANUEL",  MEANS GOD WITH US!

THE BACKGROUND STORY FOR THIS LESSON COMES FROM THE SAME BIBLICAL OLD TESTAMENT STORY (2 KINGS 6:14-17) THAT INSPIRED THE CHRISTIAN ARTIST, CHRIS TOMLIN, (FEATURED IN HIS BELOW VIDEO/WITH LYRICS) TO WRITE THIS INSPIRATIONAL SONG, "WHOM SHALL I FEAR (GOD OF ANGEL ARMIES)." THE OLD TESTAMENT STORY TELLS OF HOW THE PROPHET ELISHA HAD A YOUNG SERVANT WHO IN 2 KINGS 6:15 WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HE SAW ALL AROUND HIM. THE KING OF SYRIA HAD SENT HIS ARMIES "TO COMPASS THE CITY ABOUT" AS READ IN VERSE 15. BUT, ELISHA'S RESPONSE WAS (AS FOUND IN VERSE 16) :

"FEAR NOT: FOR THEY THAT BE "WITH US" ARE MORE THAN THEY THAT BE WITH THEM." 

AS VERSE 17 READS- (ELISHA PRAYED THAT HIS SERVANT'S EYES BE OPENED AND THAT HE "SEE" WHAT SURROUNDED THEM):  "AND ELISHA PRAYED, AND SAID, LORD, I PRAY THEE, OPEN HIS EYES, THAT HE MAY SEE. AND THE LORD OPENED THE EYES OF THE YOUNG MAN, AND HE SAW: AND BEHOLD, THE MOUNTAINS WERE "FULL OF HORSES AND CHARIOTS OF FIRE" ROUND ABOUT ELISHA."

THE YOUNG SERVANT SAW THAT GOD'S ARMIES WERE INDEED GREATER THAN THE ENEMIES' ARMIES. THE STORY CONCLUDES THAT THE ARMY OF SYRIA WAS BLINDED, FED AND THEN THEY WERE LED BACK TO THEIR "MASTER" AS STATED IN VERSE 23:

2 Kings 6:23

King James Version (KJV)

²³ And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US - AS BELIEVERS IN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST? AS ROMANS 8:31 REMINDS US:

"IF GOD IS FOR US?, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?" 

ALSO, BE REMINDED OF 1 JOHN 4:4 :

1 John 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.

BE ENCOURAGED....NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH... OR WHO OR WHAT IS AGAINST YOU...."IF GOD IS FOR US?, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?"

BE BLESSED!

(I do not own the rights to this song.)