Je 46:27 - “But fear not, O Jacob my servant, nor be dismayed, O Israel, for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
There is something the connects the command fear not with the phrase “my servant” that gives the command validity and assurance. And I guess the opposite is true that when we lose sight of this idea that we are His servant, when it becomes about our safety and our plans and our worries, when it becomes about us, than we fear. Submit yourself to God as His servant for Him to do whatever pleases Him for His glory, and you will not fear.
2 Ch 19:9 - He gave them these orders: “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord.
I think this really gives us the other side of the connection between servanthood and fear. We must serve. Period. For us to walk in fear of the Lord, we must humble ourselves as His servants. We must be faithful in our efforts and wholehearted in our devotion. There is a direct correlation between fearing God and walking humbly as a servant before him. When we lose sight of our position we will fear.
