FAITH CAPSULE: One that does not know God is not possible to fear God.
Psalm 139
Fear God to obey Him.
Obedience is serving God.
Serving God is not the evidence of attending church, being a church member for years, or making a church building house.
Serve God with fear!
Psalm 2:11 said it all, “Serve the Lord with fear…”
Serving God right is evidence of being righteous before God.
Also, serving God wrong is evidence of being wicked before God.
God knows the ones that serve Him or not because He sees all by way of living life.
What kind of a believer are you?
How are you serving God?
Are you serving God right or wrongly?
David, a man after the heart of God, searches his service before God to re-address himself for doing what is right before God.
Psalm 77:6 records, “I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, and my spirit makes diligent search.”
Psalm 139:1, “O Lord, You have searched me and known me.”
Psalm 139:23, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties.”
The word of God demands from all to be righteous before Him, doing right at all times.
Also, all should restrain from serving God wrongly the character of the wicked.
Isaiah 3:10-11 records the mind of God as regards how individuals serve God.
“Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.”
Serve God right to reap the fruit serving God right.
What kind of a believer are you?
Who are you before God?
How are you serving God?
Are you righteous or wicked?
Interestingly, a simple answer that will settle all as regards how one is serving God is not hidden but in the word of God.
The book of Jeremiah 12:1-2 recorded, “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.”
One that is wicked cannot possibly be righteous before God.
The wicked ones are quick to quote the word of God, but the word of God is far from the mind with no fear of God.
One with the mind of God answers as righteous ones with the fear of God.
Fear God by knowing His word to live by His word.
One that does not know God is not possible to fear God.
Know God to fear Him and live a life pleasing Him.
Prayer for today: Ask that you will serve Him right to be righteous before Him.