The fear of the Lord.

[BlessedDisciple]

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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…” (Proverbs 9:10)

God’s love is amazing — and it’s essential that we know how much He loves us. But we also desperately need the fear of God. Don’t you think Adam and Eve knew God loved them? They walked with Him, intimately interacted with Him, and lived in a glorious paradise He made for them. But that didn’t stop them from choosing another way when it was presented to them by the enemy. And that’s because they did not have the fear of God. If they had, I believe things would have turned out differently.

The fear of the Lord is the unshakable knowledge that outside of God’s will, there is nothing but death, darkness and despair. Even Jesus had the fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:3). And if He “delighted” in it, perhaps we should too.

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[brinny]

The "fear of the Lord" is pivotal, brother.

A "key" to pleasing God, and WHY God testified of Job as He did.

Amen.

(i have a book titled "The Joy of the Fear of The Lord", and in it the author elaborates on how true joy (and wisdom) is tied intricately into the "fear of the Lord"

Precious.

God bless you brother.

A final thought:

This verse came to mind.....it says that basically, when we honor and bless God (fear Him), that His blessings will "hunt us down, and overtake us"

Hahaaaa! Is that DELIGHTFUL, or WHAT??!!

"And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God." ~Deuteronomy 28:2