{"id":4386,"date":"2026-08-20T08:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2026-08-20T08:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:09:49","slug":"do-not-be-afraid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/nl\/do-not-be-afraid-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wees niet bang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4386\" class=\"elementor elementor-4386\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffbadf9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffbadf9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-140e11f\" data-id=\"140e11f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff675bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff675bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wees niet bang<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10bbd57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10bbd57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Maar Hij zei tegen hen: &quot;Ik ben het; wees niet bang.&quot;\u201c<br \/><strong>Johannes 6:20<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Het is interessant dat de ervaring van Jezus die de storm tot bedaren brengt, plaatsvindt tussen de spijziging van de vijfduizend met vijf kleine gerstebroden en twee kleine vissen en de verklaring van de Heer: &quot;Ik ben het Brood des Levens.&quot; Dit is zeer significant. Het vormt namelijk de basis voor de zeven &quot;Ik ben&quot;-uitspraken.<\/p><p>Uit het evangelie van Matte\u00fcs leren we dat de Heer Zijn discipelen dwong, aanspoorde of sterk aanspoorde om in de boot te stappen en voor Hem uit naar de overkant te varen (Matte\u00fcs 14:22). Toen de storm opstak en de boot door de wind en de golven alle kanten op werd geslingerd, verscheen de Heer. Terwijl zij midden in de storm waren, was de Heer Jezus op de berg aan het bidden! Dit is een beeld van Hem als onze grote Hogepriester, die eeuwig leeft om voor ons te bemiddelen! Maar het was juist op dat moment, midden in de storm, dat de Heer Zichzelf openbaarde. Hij verscheen aan hen in hun donkerste tijd en zei: &quot;Ik ben het; wees niet bang.&quot; Dit is een krachtige uitspraak! Deze zin, &quot;Ik ben het&quot;, kan in het Grieks &quot;ego eimi&quot; vertaald worden als &quot;Ik ben&quot;.\u201c<\/p><p>De Grote IK BEN verscheen aan hen midden in de storm die ze doormaakten, en toen ze Hem gewillig in hun boot ontvingen, was de storm voorbij. De Heer wilde niet dat ze onwetend bleven over wie Hij was, en Hij wilde niet dat ze in angst zouden leven!<\/p><p>In Johannes 18:6, toen de soldaten kwamen om de Heer Jezus te arresteren en Hij vroeg: &#039;Wie zoeken jullie?&#039;, antwoordden ze: &#039;Jezus van Nazareth&#039;, waarop Hij verklaarde: &#039;Ik ben het.&#039; Deze uitspraak maakte degenen die niet in de Heer geloofden bang en deinsden achterover! Maar in Lucas 24:39 namen diezelfde woorden, &#039;Ik ben het Zelf&#039;, de angst weg uit de verontruste harten van Zijn volgelingen, net zoals ze dat deden bij de oude apostel Johannes toen hij werd gesterkt door dezelfde verklaring: &#039;Ik ben de Eerste en de Laatste&#039; (Openbaring 1:17).<\/p><p><strong>Ankerpunt voor vandaag:<\/strong><br \/>Wanneer je door de stormen van dit leven gaat en angst je dreigt te overmeesteren, bedenk dan dat de Heer Jezus, de Grote IK BEN, Zich dan op een krachtige manier aan je zal openbaren en tegen je zal zeggen: &quot;Wees niet bang en vol goede moed.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Not Be Afraid But He said to them, \u201cIt is I; do not be afraid.\u201dJohn 6:20 It is interesting that the experience of Jesus calming the storm appears between the feeding of the five thousand with five 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