Our Shield & Our Reward (Genesis 15:1)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Genesis 15:1, David Platt challenges us to put our faith in God as our Shield and Great Reward.Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:05.7	Genesis chapter 15, verse 1,
0:08.8	Fear not, Abram. I'm your shield.
0:12.0	Your reward shall be very great.
0:15.3	Is that not an incredible exhortation from God to Abram. Fear not. These are words that we will see all over the Bible.
0:28.0	Over and over again, God looking at his people saying, fear not. Fear not. Do not be afraid.
0:37.1	And the implication, clearly from the number of times we see this in the
0:41.0	Bible, is that we are all prone to fear in different ways. In fact, just pause for a moment and
0:47.6	think. What do you fear? Just think about it. What comes to your mind? When it comes to fears, think for a minute.
0:56.3	Think deeply.
0:57.7	What do you fear?
0:59.5	What do you worry about?
1:01.4	What are you anxious over?
1:03.1	What do you dread?
1:05.4	What do you fear?
1:06.3	And God over and over again says you do not need to fear anything but God.
1:15.5	Like that's the message of the Bible.
1:18.1	Fear God alone.
1:20.3	And you will be set free from all other fear.
1:25.1	To fear God is to see God for who he is, to honor God is holy and trustworthy, and to
1:34.7	worship God as the one who's in control of your life. And if he's in control, then you don't have
1:43.6	any reason to be afraid.
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