~
The Israelites Were Commanded to Fear God, 12 ~
God
does not want His children living in fear.
“Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus
our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life
and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue”
(2 Peter 1:2-3). However,
God does want His children to have a proper respect and reverence for Him. We are told in many places in Scripture to “fear
God.”
This Week’s Passage ~ “When your son asks you in time to come,
saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the
judgments which the Lord our God
has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh
in Egypt, and the Lord brought us
out of Egypt with a mighty hand; and the Lord
showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt,
Pharaoh, and all his household. Then He
brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of
which He swore to our fathers. And the Lord
commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God,
for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we
are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us’” (Deuteronomy
6:20-25).
Fearing God Results in Salvation
~ “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews
10:31). “A wise
person fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident”
(Proverbs 14:16).
This does not mean the Christian is to live a fearful life—but a life
which reverences God and seeks to do His will.
Fearing God Results in
Fearlessness ~ “The Lord
is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord
is the strength of my life; of whom shall
I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1). The answer is: only God. With the gift of salvation comes
responsibility.
Fearing God Results in Witnessing ~ “Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will
declare what He has done for my soul” (Psalm 66:16).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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