FAITH CAPSULE: Do not know about God but strive to know God.
Psalm 34
Some do not know God and do not pretend that they know God.
Some know about God, while some know God.
Those who know about God are the unbelieving believers, while those who know God live life by the word of God.
Who are you before God, who sees all?
The question is to search for who you are.
For example, David, a man after the heart of God, prayed in
Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me And lead me in the way everlasting.”
THOSE WHO KNOW ABOUT GOD:
Those who know about God are well-versed in the word of God.
They are unbelieving believers quoting the word of God but do not live by the word of God.
They are the character of wickedness as described by Jeremiah in 12:1-2, saying that the word is in the mouth but not the heart.
Those who know about God live a choice of not fearing God.
THOSE WHO KNOW GOD:
Those who know God are not just full mouth of the word but full of the heart.
One whose heart is with the word of God lives life to the glory of God.
Do you know God?
Daniel knows the Lord to live for God.
Daniel 11:32 records, “Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Daniel knows God.
Those who know God shall live in the fear of God.
To fear God is in the word of God that speaks to all when He sent Moses to the Israelites in Deuteronomy 4:10, “…Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth…”
Hear, to fear God.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 states, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.”
To fear God is the key to living for God, provoking His blessing.
The Psalmist states, “The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them.” (Psalm 34:7)
In this world of wickedness, what could be better than having the untouchable force surrounding one who fears God?
King David states in Psalm 34:9, “Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
King David states in Psalm 34:9, “Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.”
Above all needs and challenges is to fear God.
To gain the fear of God is not in determination but in asking from God.
In Matthew 7:7, Jesus tells all to ask and shall give.
In Jeremiah 32:39, God said, “Then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.”
Now is the time to ask for the fear of God, and God will give to us.
Prayer for today: Ask for one heart and one way, extending to your children and after them.