Wisdom

July 25,2017
Psalm 111:10

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. All those who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom.
Praise him forever!


This verse is saying that there should be an element of fear in every realtionship with God. It should be the foundation of which you build your house. It is after all, wise to fear God for it says in the bible that we are fearfully and wonderfuly made. But what exactly does that mean? When I first heard this saying I thought that it meant that we as humans were intially made fearful of everything. I have now come to the realization that we, although fearful in everything we do, are made wonderful through the reccognition that Christ is Lord and the OBEDIANCE to follow him. We need to remain aware that it is through Christ that we are even on this earth and he could just as easily remove us. I am often guilty at times thinking that the "old testament God" doesn't exsist anymore. That God now is the loving one, that shows mercy and grace. I forget some times that it is the same God that burnt cities to the ground, released plages, or flooded the whole earth. We should fear God, he after all holds the keys to the gates of hell. So why is it then, that we fear the evil one more than God? Is it because of the fall and there is a twisted up reasoning behind everything that we do?
With that in mind, I think about how amazing it is that God is still merciful, loving and protective of us still! We should praise him forever, not just out of fear, but out of respect. For we have the knowledge of what he has the power to do, yet He still does not act out in anger towards our sins.


Application: Think about one way in which God has made me fear his awesome power, but then how he delivered me from it, share with some one this week that story.