Proverbs 3:25-26 KJV - "Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolate..." 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh. 26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Perfect love for God casts away all fear. Those living in fear shall experience fear and if they keep looking back to what they value more than their own lives that is where their true treasure abides. We must lay up our true treasure in heaven where fire can not burn it and can not desolate it. I think the fires in California is a wake-up call for people to reach out to God. Their treasures on earth are gone but their treasure in heaven is eternal. what they need to do is find it. Look past all that is burning in California the hills the valleys the houses cars and worldly possessions and reach out to God. Come to him all who have lost Material possessions and loved ones. God wants to comfort you and uphold you with his mighty hand. In my life, I lost everything I worked hard for. Some from my own ignorance and some by no fault of my own but I never denied that there is a God. I came to him repentant and as I confessed my sins to him he forgave them. Sometimes you have to let go of the lesser to obtain the greater. My prayers go out to those in California. God is there for them if they would look beyond the burning hills and valleys and reach out to him and cry" ABBA FATHER"