PRAY TO GROW AND LIVE IN THE FEAR OF GOD
No one can hide from God, the creator of all.
The word of God to one speaks to all.
God spoke to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born, I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5)
How can one hide from the creator, who knows one more than self?
The truth is, fear God.
There is no truth like fearing God in all areas of life.
To fear God is to live life freely to the glory of God.
Sincerely fear God, the evidence of knowing the truth.
To grow in wisdom is rooted in growing in the fear of God.
Proverbs 9:10 states, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
Anyone who does not live in the fear of God is evidence of a lack of faith, living not to please God.
Hebrews 11:5 testifies, “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death because he pleased God.”
When faith rises, fear of this world is bound to sink.
Do you have faith in pleasing God, not to live in the fear of the world?
Search yourself to identify if you truly fear God.
Gain the understanding to live by the fear of God.
Many who claim to fear God but not live in the fear of God will exhibit a character marked by telling lies to deceive and manipulate their world.
A believer who claims to fear God, full of the word of God in the mouth but not in the heart, is described as wicked.
Jeremiah 12:1-2 records, “Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth, but far from their mind.”
Does the word speak of you, or testify to your way of life?
Do you fear God?
Understand with the knowledge to have an edge, fearing God.
Waiting on God will know how to live a life of the fear of God.
To fear God from the depth of the heart, not on the tip of the tongue, shall live to the glory of God.
Knowing to fear God is to live for God.
Power belongs to God.
The mercy of God is His power that no one can deny.
The Mercy of God is compassion or forbearance for whomever He has to give and those who fear Him.
Psalm 33:18 records: “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy.”
With the desire to fear God, one shall trust and hope in Him, not be a victim of evil.
Pray that the fear of God will keep you under His eyes, and from this moment, answer as your time to fear God more.
Understand and know to fear God.
Abraham understood to fear God.
God promised Abraham that He would give him a son.
In his waiting for the promise of God for his son, he learn and understood to fear God.
When he had a son, God commanded him to sacrifice the son to Him.
By the action of Abraham, in response to the command of God, it counted before God as his fear of God.
Genesis 22:12 records the response of God to the unshaking obedience of Abraham, stating, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
Abraham learnt to fear God.
Is the fear of God your way of life?
This season, pray to grow in the fear of God.
No one is born with a fear of God, but through learning from the Word of God, it is the way to develop a fear of God.
The bible repeatedly identifies learning to fear God.
Besides learning to fear God, it is praying before God, for a heart to fear Him.
With the desire to fear God, God will deposit what it takes to fear Him.
Are you one with the desire to fear God?
Without fear of God, one cannot serve God.
Always remember that the word of God that sounds to one, speaks to all.
In Deuteronomy 4:10, God said to the Israelites, “I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
To learn to fear God also requires a heart that is set on God to fear God.
Deuteronomy 5:29 informs all, “Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments…”
Determination is not enough to live by the fear of God.
Learn and pray to fear God.
It is the will of God for all to exist for Him.
To fear God is to know to exist for Him.
God wants all to fear Him.