Tuesday, July 7, 2009
He is Good
This is just an encouragement to all of you. GOD IS GOOD. I am at camp for the summer and its 2 days into week 2 and God has literally shown so powerfully in campers and in my life personally! Just remember that God is faithful, that he loves and longs for you. He is peace and grace. I will tell you more about my personal growth soon. I pray that in the next little while God will reveal the light of His face to you. May you never go a single day without feeling the hand of God at work in your life.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
FEAR
"Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil." Proverbs 16:6 (NIV)
God is sovereign. Always was and always is. Fearing the Lord is a command that we all must follow, but is one that takes a long time to develop. It is very hard to define what fearing the Lord is. Is it a fear out of respect, as for a parent? Or is it a fear where you are scared? From reading the Bible I have come to realize that it is both. We are all aware of the reverence that we have for God, but how many of us are aware of the knee shaking fear we are to have. In the old testament we find men actually describing fear of God because they realize the holiness of God. I believe that when Solomon wrote that the fear of the Lord causes men to avoid evil, it's not just the reverence he was speaking about but the literal fear of what God could do when sin is present. Just something to think about. Do you view God as he revealed himself, worth to be truly feared as well as respected. HE IS STILL YAHWEH.
God is sovereign. Always was and always is. Fearing the Lord is a command that we all must follow, but is one that takes a long time to develop. It is very hard to define what fearing the Lord is. Is it a fear out of respect, as for a parent? Or is it a fear where you are scared? From reading the Bible I have come to realize that it is both. We are all aware of the reverence that we have for God, but how many of us are aware of the knee shaking fear we are to have. In the old testament we find men actually describing fear of God because they realize the holiness of God. I believe that when Solomon wrote that the fear of the Lord causes men to avoid evil, it's not just the reverence he was speaking about but the literal fear of what God could do when sin is present. Just something to think about. Do you view God as he revealed himself, worth to be truly feared as well as respected. HE IS STILL YAHWEH.
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