I’m reading a book right now on the fear of man and how
wrapped up we are in fearing everything but the Lord. It is interesting that it presents as a definition
of fear “when people are big and God is small.”
When we make people our idols, we care more about what they want, think,
or desire than how we can honor the Lord.
I was reading yesterday and this morning about how a healthy fear of the
Lord involves seeing His justice and His love.
So here is my challenge, for you and myself: begin at the
beginning of the Bible and determine what the stories show of God’s justice and
God’s love. You don’t have to go far,
but it’s a good exercise to remind us that God is holy and loving. He is completely without blemish, so far holy
that He can’t even look upon sin.
Through Jesus’ sacrifice though, God can look upon us. The Father turned His face from Jesus on the
cross, as He hung there with the sins of the whole world upon Him. Because of Jesus, God’s sees us dressed in
His righteousness.
God is completely unlike any other, but He loved us enough to
send His only Son to die for us. May a
brief, or long, look into the Old Testament remind us that the God who demanded
holiness then, is the same God now. We
can come to Him through Jesus and Jesus alone.
Thankfully as much as God requires justice, God grants an
incomprehensible love.
Understanding more of God’s character is key in growing in
the fear of the Lord.
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