FAITH CAPSULE: To fear God is to live life to the glory of God.
Deuteronomy 6
It is written, “Seek good and not evil, that you may live; so the Lord God of hosts will be with you, as you have spoken. Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.” (Amos5:14-15) Do you fear God? Seeking good and not evil is the identity of man that fears God. Do you fear God or possess mouth that is full of the fear God?
The fear of God is to hate evil. Proverbs 8:13 stated, “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.” How much of His fear do you carry in your life? The fear of God is way of life. “In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.” (Proverb 14:26) Confidence is the evidence of how we fear God. God is indeed our refuge; our strong and might tower. To fear God is to trust in God and to constantly demonstrate confidence in the face of challenge. Ones that trust God fears God. To fear God is to live life to the glory of God. “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.” (Proverb 14:27) How can a creature not fear His Creator? How often have you been in a creative position, but not having the needed patience but destroyed your creation because it did not come out as expected?
God is a good God. He has put everything in place for us to have life in Jesus Christ and not die.
Have you ever considered the way that leads to life? It is written in Proverbs 19:23, “The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.” There are different ways of living life but the way of God is to abide in satisfaction where lack is strange and the evil one is constantly being denied. Jesus Christ made us to realize that He is the only way when He stated in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” The only way is Jesus and ones that accept Him takes to the good way, truth and life. Without doubt, it can be concluded that it is wisdom to fear God and it is not enough to celebrate Him when there is no fear of Him. Just as the New Year continues, understand it today that having life is not by merit but by the mercy of God; allow the fear of God reign and rule over your life.
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to fear God is all your life.