FEAR NOT, O JESHURUN!
"Thus says the LORD, who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen." (Isaiah 44:2)
"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation." (Deuteronomy 32:15)
"Thus the LORD became their king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together." (Deuteronomy 33:5)
"There is none like God, Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms." (Deuteronomy 33:26-27)
"Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph?" (Deuteronomy 33:29)
"Jeshurun" (upright one) is a poetic designation for Israel, relating to the ideal nations, holding before the people moral and spiritual character, the object of their creation. In Deut. 32:15 Israel is reproached by God for failing the ideal. Israel was to be the righteous people, but they rebelled and scoffed at the Rock of their salvation. "The LORD became king in Jeshurun." Later the nation would reject their King and demand a king like the nations around them. In Deut. 33:26 God reminded Israel that He "rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in His majesty." What a powerful picture of God coming to the aid of His people! "The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms." They were "a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help and the sword of your triumph." No wonder Isaiah could remind them of this: "Fear not, o Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen."
There is no need to fear when the LORD is my King. My King formed me before birth in the womb – no, before I was even there. Before I was conceived, God formed me in His mind and in His plan and numbered the days of our life. At that time I was without human substance. In the womb I became flesh and bone and was given the breath of life. The One who formed me and who chose me will help me in any situation. He rides through the heavens to get to me. His mighty majesty approaches! My King comes to my aid! Why fear? Just cry out to Him. He sees, He hears, He already knows what is taking place and how I am reacting to the circumstances. Yet He "waits" for me to call on Him. No- before I call He answers, for He has already planned the solution. The Eternal God is my dwelling place; underneath me are the Everlasting Arms, holding me, protecting me, comforting me, guiding me, taking care of me. I am "Jacob my servant"; I am "Jeshurun"; I am "a people saved by the LORD", who is the Shield of my help and the Sword of my triumph! Oh, what a King I serve!
