Wednesday, June 14, 2006

The Fear of God


"Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God" 2 Corinthians 5:11

The above verse, caused me; led me, to think about something I wrote yesterday regarding not taking God seriously regarding sin. What does it mean to know the fear of the Lord?

"The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure enlightening the eyes; the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether." - Pslams19:9

I like the way that The Message paraphrases it because you see the heart of God even clearer and in seeing His heart we know that fearing Him is a freeing thing and by no means suppressive.

"The revelation of God is whole and pulls our lives together. The signposts of God are clear and point out the right road. The life-maps of God are right, showing the way to joy. The directions of God are plain and easy on the eyes. God's reputation is twenty-four-carat gold, with a lifetime guarantee. The decisions of God are accurate to the nth degree." - Psalms 19:7-9

So what do we gather from fearing God? We see clearly that fearing God is clean, and we all know that being clean is a good thing. The precepts of God, allow us to be ever mindful of dirt in our lives and hopefully lead us again and again and again to the only place we can get clean. And that place is at His feet.

So dear friend, in sharing as I did yesterday, I hope you see that my intent was to encourage you to be washed clean of anything that you carry within that God intended you to be free of.

Let's follow His signposts and directions. Let's use the life-maps that He has so graciously given us in His Word to lead us safely Home.

Stephanie

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