"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones." Proverbs 3:7-8 (KJV)
One of the biggest questions I had early on in my walk with Jesus was, "How do I fear God, and why would I want to be scared of Him?" So, what I did was a study you can see it on our site www.GodsLovingKindness.com on the Bible studies page called, "How Do I Fear a Loving God?" I found just about everything I could on the subject and came to the conclusion that God didn't want me to be terrified of Him, He wanted my respect and my reverence. Reverential fear is what the Bible means by "fear the Lord." Pretty much it means that you don't do evil because you love and respect for the Lord.
We've heard people say that they respect and love the Lord, yet they do things that make us question that. I don't think everyone understands what it is to love and respect the Lord. You can't say that you respect the Lord if you plan to go out tonight, do drugs and get drunk, etc, etc. To respect and love the Lord is to first obey the Lord!
I had a dream the other night that put fear in me in more than one way. I saw the image of a heart, and a voice said to me "Purify your heart!"
I couldn't wake up and all I could do was utter the words, "Yes Lord!" I said them out loud and not just in the dream. I believe that the dream
was a message to me, a message that I need to obey. I haven't been right, I've been struggling a lot lately. Out of love, respect/reverential fear
for the Lord I'm going to do my best to obey. I could use your prayers because the thought of that dream has really been bothering me.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins as we forgive all those who've sinned
against us. Help us to be obedient to you and to have that reverential fear and love for you. Let you be first in our hearts. In Jesus name. A-men!
