LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL

By Pastor Mensa Otabil
 
Friday 19th June 2026

NO NEED TO FEAR

Scripture Reading: Psalm 3
 
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around. Psalm 3:6
 
What was David’s mindset during this national and personal crisis? What did he say to himself when his enemies multiplied all around him?
 
In our passage for today, we hear the kind of things that David said to himself when he was going through this dark period of his life. You can tell what is in a person’s heart by the words that they speak. There are those who affirm the frightful situations facing them and those who defy the crisis facing them.
 
David cancelled out his fear. He declared that he would not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against him. Fear seems natural when powerful enemies surround us on every side, but David boldly confessed, I will not fear!
That is a powerful declaration. David made a choice not to be overwhelmed by fear. He decided not to allow fear to be his language.
 
Elsewhere, David stated that he would not fear in the valley of the shadow death because the Lord was with him. That was David’s secret. He never lost his awareness of God’s presence no matter what he was facing. Like David, we must never lose our sense of God’s presence. The Holy Spirit in us is our firm assurance and strength.

Do you see enemies all around you? 

Look again, and you will see that the Lord has not left you outnumbered by the enemy. The Lord with you is the majority. He is the Lord of hosts – the Lord who leads the heavenly hosts. In every spiritual warfare we are engaged in, God deploys heavenly armies to fight on our behalf. Though we do not see them physically, we can sense God’s angelic hosts in our spirits. That is why we can have so much going against us yet have an inner confidence of divine victory.
 
Never allow the enemy to swallow you up in a spirit of self-defeat. If you are God’s child, living in His will, He will arise to your cause and get involved in your case. Today, we can say with David, ‘I will not be afraid’. Yes, you will not be afraid of all those who have gathered against you. The Lord is your strength.
 
Prayer:

Heavenly Father, though an army of enemies surrounds me, I will not fear. I know you are with me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.