I typed in "So I''m about to read Isaiah" to google hoping to get a blog post or encouragement from a person who has done a study on Isaiah before. Instead, my entire search result showed this:
Isaiah 41:10 "So do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismay, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand"
Wow,
When I think about starting a Bible study, I don't think I need to be told "do not fear" because I don't think that the fear I am facing is the type of fear that the Bible is talking about. I think of Biblical fear is going out and doing something that I don't know exactly how to do. There is a lot more action involved than reading and studying a book of the Bible.
But the more I think about it, the more I see that I do fear this Isaiah Bible study, I fear that I won't understand. I fear of giving up because it's hard and takes too much time, I fear that my life won't change and that I will somehow go backwards in knowing God.
This verse gives me encouragement. More encouragement than any blog about a person's journey through the book of Isaiah was for them. God is with me in this journey. He will strengthen me and help me. So I shouldn't fear this study, but instead I should embrace it and be encouraged that God is going to walk through this big, scary exciting book with me.
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