Afraid of Tomorrow? How to Keep Trusting JesusAfraid of Tomorrow? How to Keep Trusting Jesus
The Call with Nancy Sabato
Nancy Sabato talks with Dr Jeffrey Johnson about fearing tomorrow while still trusting Jesus, focusing on Scripture, Israel, and enduring faith. The conversation touches on practical ministry in Israel and how believers find comfort when they cannot fix their circumstances.
7:31•10 Oct 2026
Trusting Jesus When Tomorrow Frightens You
Episode Overview
- Trust in Jesus grows through wrestling with God and enduring hard days, not through instant breakthroughs.
- Isaiah 41:13 is highlighted as a key verse for facing fear, emphasising God’s promise to take His people by the hand and help them.
- Believers are urged to accept that they cannot fix everything and instead become quiet, allowing God to speak and act.
- The episode raises concern about churches turning away from Israel and stresses the biblical call to stand with Israel while still engaging critically.
- Israel Today Ministries follows Jesus’ model by feeding children, Holocaust survivors, and families as a way to open conversations about the hope found in Yeshua.
“Lord, I need your help because I'm weak, I'm frightened, I don't know about tomorrow, but I know who holds tomorrow in his hand.”
How do people find hope in the darkest times? This conversation on *The Call with Nancy Sabato* brings together Nancy and Dr Jeffrey Johnson to talk honestly about fear, suffering, and trusting Jesus when tomorrow feels terrifying. Dr Johnson shares how many believers, including those living in Israel, are learning to rely on God in the middle of real danger, with rockets falling around them and uncertainty everywhere.
He talks about churches becoming distant from Israel and why that worries him, linking it to biblical warnings about nations turning against Israel. For anyone lying awake at night worrying about bad news, diagnoses, or family crises, his personal approach to faith might resonate. He describes going back again and again to Isaiah 41:13, where God promises to take His people by the hand and help them.
As he puts it, "Lord, I need your help because I'm weak, I'm frightened, I don't know about tomorrow, but I know who holds tomorrow in his hand." There’s no quick fix here—he stresses that you "have to wrestle" with God, like Jacob, pushing through and enduring on the days when trust doesn’t come easily. He also talks about his work with Israel Today Ministries, calling it "profound simplicity": feeding kids, Holocaust survivors, and families, then talking about Yeshua.
The pattern follows Jesus’ life—care for people’s practical needs, then share hope. This episode might suit you if you’re anxious about the future, wrestling with faith, or curious how believers in hard places keep going. It’s gentle, honest, and rooted in Scripture, with plenty of space for doubt and fear. If tomorrow scares you, could holding onto the One "who holds tomorrow in his hand" change how you face it today?
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