FAITH CAPSULE: Hear to keep the word of God, to have faith, not fear of the world.
2 Kings 6
Faith is rooted in hearing the word of God; faith is the source of fearing God.
Failure to hear the word of God leads to living in fear of evil.
To live life before God is to be hearing the word of God for keeping the word of God.
Romans 10:17 informs all, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Without the effect of hearing the word of God to have faith, the evil way will have the place.
God wants all to hear His word to fear Him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 emphasizes the need to fear for God, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.” Man must continually hear the word of God to be able to fear God.
Evidence of the importance of hearing the word of God to fear God as Deuteronomy 4:10 record the word of God through Moses: “…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, and that they may teach their children.” One must be hearing the word of God to give self to the fear of God.
To fear God is the evidence of having faith in God to depart from evil doing. Job 28:28 said it well, “And to man, He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding.’”
Fearing God is taking a position to be experiencing the blessing of God.
Psalm 128: 4, “Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.”
Will you turn to live a life of the fear of God?
Isaiah 35:4 encourages fearing God as a way of life, “Say to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you.”
One with a fearful heart for God is living by the fear of God.
Become hearing and keeping the word of God to have faith to fear God.
A heart with the absence of faith in God will be mindful of the evil way of life.
Will you give yourself to prayer in the place of challenges?
With prayer, faith will rise while fear of challenges will subside.
For example, when the challenges confronted Elisha and his servant, the servant was overcome with fear.
With fear, the servant asked Elisha about what to do, and Elisha said:
Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see. Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (2 Kings 6:16-17)
Give yourself to the word of God for you to have faith, not living fear in the rampant of fear in this wicked world.
Prayer for today: Ask that the word of God shall become established in your heart.