What is the Fear of the LORD? Part 1

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, all who follow His instructions have good insight."                                                                        Psalm 111:10 

This subject has brought a lot of pressure to many people over the years. The thing is, are we to be frightened of the Lord? This doesn't really ring true somehow.

When we see this phrase in our bibles, it actually means that we need to have a deep respect, reverence and awe for just who God is. In life, we fear many things, accidents, death, devastating news, storms, terrorism and extreme loss of someone close, our job or our livelihood. Taking these into account, it can be a natural thing to feel the same way when we read about the fear of the Lord. We can listen to fire and brimstone preachers and come under extreme condemnation. Notice that I wrote: 'condemnation' and not 'conviction'. With conviction, we can do something about it - repent for one thing. With condemnation, there doesn't seem like we have any place to run. This however, is how the devil wants us to think, but:

'Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus' 2 'because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.'  Romans 8:1-2.

We are not condemned, we are free. 

CONSIDERATION POINTS

(1)  How easy it is to get the wrong picture. God does not want us to be in fear of Him. On the contrary, Jesus told us to, 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.'  Luke 10:27 NIV.

(2)  To fear God is the way forward into wisdom. This way we receive Holy Spirit guided instruction.

(3)  Read and understand scripture carefully, it brings us life. Proverbs 4:22

(4)  To fear God is to have a deep respect, reverence and awe for just who He is.

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