Hosanna Restoration Church

One day as I read this scripture, I became very determined to understand the fear of the Lord. So I said, “God help me understand what it means to fear you.” That very day, a book came in the mail. Guess what the title was…THE FEAR OF THE LORD. It is a great book by John Bevere. Now that is what I call a quick answer to prayer.

As I read the book, I realized that the Lord had been showing me what it was, without me really knowing what He was showing me. Recently the scripture where Jesus asked why we call Him Lord and still do not do what he says spoke to my heart. Part of fearing the Lord is to obey the Lord.

It is not a terror type fear, rather it is a respect fear. It is caring about what God says and does and how He feels. Many times, I have been angry in my spirit when people were lethargic about worship. I did not know why, but now I understand that it is a holy indignation. The Holy Spirit does not like it when we take God so lightly.

Fearing God is also choosing Him and His word above everything else. It is being as determined to keep our part of the covenant with Him, as He is to keep His part with us.

Fear of the Lord results in changing our ways, not just excusing them. It is searching for the treasures in God’s Word and then protecting them at any cost. Fear of the Lord, puts Him in first place, all the time, and a determination to change anything that is not in line.

To be honest, I would rather have only one person in church who longed for the presence of God, than to have a thousand who just came to put in their time. I really believe that the day is coming when God is going to make it obvious to us and everyone around us, who it is that came to worship Him and who it is that could care less.

God is serious about us, and He wants us to be serious about Him. He wants us to become people of God with no variance or turning. We will not accomplish this without learning to fear the Lord.

It occurred to me today, that for me to ignore what God desires of me now that I know Him, would be far worse than any sin I committed before I knew Him. His word bears that out when it speaks of taking the blood of Jesus sacrifice lightly. If I can take what God has taught me and still choose darkness, I am in deed a fool. Because it is the same as saying there is no God.

There is no doubt that God is good and kind and loving, but we must not forget that he is just and jealous as well.