Jesus provides advice and encouragement to his disciples about preaching, and the same applies to us. A disciple should “be like his teacher, and the servant like his master”. We need not be afraid of preaching, God is watching over us and knows more about us than we ourselves know. “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul…even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven”.
The disciples faced the same fears and concerns about preaching that we often feel, yet they were encouraged by Jesus to preach regardless.
We find evidence of God’s care for us in David’s writings also. “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold… In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.” We can take comfort in the knowledge that God is watching over us, and hears our cries and prayers no matter how distant He seems.