~ Fear of God Causes Consideration of
Our Daily Actions ~
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 ~ “And I became very angry when I heard their outcry and these
words. After serious thought, I rebuked
the nobles and rulers, and said to them, ‘Each of you is exacting usury from
his brother.’ So I called a great
assembly against them. And I said to
them, ‘According to our ability we have redeemed our Jewish brethren who were
sold to the nations. Now indeed, will
you even sell your brethren? Or should
they be sold to us?’ Then they were silenced
and found nothing to say. Then I said,
‘What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God
because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? I also, with my brethren and my servants, am
lending them money and grain. Please,
let us stop this usury! Restore now to
them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and
their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the
oil, that you have charged them’” (Nehemiah 5:6-11).
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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