Saturday, May 15, 2021

The fear of the Lord (3)

When we give our respect and admiration to people we might get disappointed, because people and their ideologies can change over time.

God, however, deserves our respect and admiration because He is faithful, truly good, and He never changes. He is the great I am!

As Creator, He is supreme over all things which means mankind is subject to Him, whether we like this or not. To respect God or in other words, to fear the Lord is a sign of true humility... but it does not mean that we get treated as slaves. On the contrary! 👉Fearing God has great blessings attached.

True humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor, and long life (Proverbs 22:4)

You gotta be kidding me. Riches, honor, and long life! Who doesn't want that? And there is more, believe it or not. God is outrageous in blessing people who fear Him 😍

  • Those who fear the Lord are secure; he will be a refuge for their children. Fear of the Lord is a life-giving fountain; it offers escape from the snares of death (Proverbs 14:26-27). The fear of the Lord is a life-giving fountain! Does that sound negative, or scary, or religious? Of course not, it will be the joy in our lives to honor the Lord.
  • Fear the Lord, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need (Psalm 34:9). Oh my goodness, to have all you need, to never lack any good thing... that will end all worries and all anxiety, right?
  • For the angel of the Lord is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him (psalm 34:7). Hey, we live in a crazy and wicked world, we need a guard who surrounds and defends us!
All these great blessings for fearing God, isn't it wonderful? There are other reasons why we should fear the Lord as well, more about that in the next blog post.

6 comments:

  1. So many countless blessings when we fear the Lord, Marja. Yes, it's all wonderful!

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    1. Sometimes I wonder whether we realize how much the Lord wants to bless us!

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  2. A life giving fountain!
    Amen and amen! May all come to know the Fear of the LORD and His Salvation,
    in all our nations, in all Israel, in all the world!!❤️

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    1. Amen and amen. The fear of the Lord as a life-giving fountain, if we all could see it like that!

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  3. I had a friend whose then husband did not think he should fear God. I had to explain to her that fear, in this instance, meant that we were to have "reverential awe" of Him and what he does for us.

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    1. Reverential awe, that is a great description Cecelia, that's what it is.

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