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Title: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.” Psalms 111:10 NKJV.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
It is the desire of God that His people are protected from the enemy by the Spirit of the fear of the Lord.
The Spirit of the fear of the Lord says no to sin and disobedience knowing that while our Heavenly Father is loving and gracious,
He is also a consuming fire and we must serve Him with reverence and godly fear (Hebrews 12:28-29).
Our God is the great judge of all.
We also have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous (1 John 2:1 NKJV)
who paid for all our sin, past, present and future.
Through Him we live in the presence of Almighty God.
Point of reflection:
Jesus Christ said:“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28 NKJV.
His word also said through Paul the apostle in 1 Corinthians 9:27 (NKJV):
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means,
when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”
The apostle himself kept his body under subjection
lest after preaching to many and getting them salvation, he would be cast away.
When we love God in Jesus Christ, and desire to do His will, when we offer ourselves to God to be on His side,
we are saying no to the enemy of God and mankind, satan.
This opens the door for God to give to us the knowledge of Himself.
The love of God and the fear of God are therefore two sides of the same coin.
Obey God because you love Him and know that everything He commands us to do is for our good
because He desires for us blessing, bliss and glory
and disobeying God is by default obeying the enemy satan,
who desires for us the opposite leading to shame.
Almighty God desires that we have the spirit of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord.
By this spirit we reverence and obey Almighty God.
The spirit of the reverential and obedient fear of God enable us to co-operate with the Holy Spirit in doing the will of Almighty God.
In obedience to Almighty God we become an instrument in His hands and this is a most privileged position.
It has many benefits and rewards.
Many of Almighty God's promises to us are conditional on obedience to His commands and instructions.
(see Deutronomy 8:1-18,Deutronomy 28:1-14.)
Who then should have the spirit of the obedient and reverential fear of Almighty God?
All the earth.
For His word declares in Psalms 33:8:
“Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.”KJV.
Psalms 96:9 says “O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.”
1 Chronicles 16:25(KJV) says
“For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.”
The fear of the Lord makes you to shun sin.
There are many benefits in loving God and therefore in fearing God.
The angel of the Lord encamps around them who fear Him and delivers them (Psalms 34:7).
Psalms 34:9 declares : “O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.” (KJV).
Isaiah 59:19 tells us that they who fear the Lord shall know His glory from the rising of the sun
and when the enemy comes against them like a flood the Lord will raise a standard for them against the enemy.
Malachi 3:16-17 (KJV) declares
“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened,
and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord,
and that thought upon his name.
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels;
and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.”KJV.
Here God declares that those who fear Him shall be mine, when they talk one to another,
He not only listens but sends an angel to take minutes and keeps a record.
He also declares they shall be mine and I will spare them and they shall be special jewels to me.
Glory to God.
Do you desire to be considered special by Almighty God?
When you are ready-
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I thank you for Jesus Christ who teaches me to fear you and shun sin.
Thank you Father for the spirit of the obedience and reverential fear of God,
through which I co-operate with the Holy Spirit to do the will of Almighty God.
Thank you Lord for your grace for every day and for the power and strengthening of your Holy Spirit.
I desire to do your will Lord everyday of my life and I thank you for your help everyday.
I reject you satan in the name of Jesus Christ and declare you have nothing in me and I have nothing in you.
I belong to Jesus Christ.
In Jesus Christ's name I pray. Amen.
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With best wishes for a joyous and prosperous year 2019-
The year in which Almighty God is calling for the rise of the Joshua generation.
A generation of men and women who will carry the testimony of Jesus Christ to Planet Earth
as they pray, witness and exercise faithful stewardship. (1 John 5:9-13).
Almighty God promises that as you carry this testimony, He will demonstrate
the power of Jesus Christ through you, He will exalt you,
He will show you His glory and He will judge the enemy satan in your body, in your life and situation.
Much grace and peace be multiplied to you.
We love you.
Apostle Dr Max and Joyce Matonhodze.
Planetministries.org.uk