Whistle a Happy Tune?

God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

though its waters roar and foam

and the mountains quake with their surging.

Psalm 46:1-3

The Broadway Musical “The King and I” includes a song of personal psychology. The song “Whistle a Happy Tune” says that whenever I feel afraid I should whistle a happy tune so no one will know that I am afraid. It goes on to say that I will even fool myself into believing that I am not afraid. The shallow deception of this psychology is amazingly well accepted in the world today. It is widely accepted that pretending a problem isn’t there will make it go away. It will not!

A preponderance of people alive today pretend that the fear of God is inappropriate and will go away if they just “Whistle a Happy Tune” and go on with their lives ignoring Him. Eventually they fool themselves into believing that God is not to be feared.

It is a little like convincing a child that he need not fear walking across a busy street. As the fear goes away, the danger, in fact increases. Without a healthy fear of traffic the life of the child is certain to end soon and tragically.

Without a healthy fear of God your life will end soon and tragically as well. Listening to the One who created you and heeding His Word is the only way to navigate the troubled waters with ultimate success.

When you fear God you don’t need to fear the world or the things that are coming on the world. If you don’t fear God pretending that everything will work out alright in the end is the ultimate foolishness. Without God and the fear of God nothing will be alright! But with God everything will be fine. Fearing God gives you a solid reason not to fear anything or anyone else!