sokin's devotional 48 - "should you not fear Me?"
"Should you not fear me?" declares the Lord. "Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, and everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it."
Jeremiah 5:22
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Proverbs tells us that the "fear of the Lord, is the beginning of wisdom."
What does it mean to fear God? Aren't we supposed to see Him as a loving, good-natured Father?
Yes and no.
God is a loving Father that lavishes His grace and mercy over us. But at the same time, God is to be feared. He is a fearsome being. So much so that even angels (who everyone deems as holy, supernatural beings), have to cover there eyes and even feet in the sight of God. They cannot fathom nor fully see God's astronomically, infinite power and majesty.
Humans tend to be feared by things much smaller than this. And it's justifiable (to some degree). No one has "seen" the throne room of God, nor have any seen Him face to face recently. Even if we did, it would probably melt our faces...but nonetheless, we go by what the Word tells us.
And that's where our faith comes into play. We know God is to be feared because we see it in the Word. But also, just as a person sees a painting, we know that a painter painted it. We see a building, and we know an architect built it. Similarly, we don't have to look so far in order to see that a Higher Being created all of this. The "boundaries in the sand", the ocean waves and all the creatures that inhabit the land. The landscape and the vastness of all that is out there in the universe...
I see that and get a small sense of how big God is. But looking at scriptures, we see that He is infinitely bigger than even this. He has the power to bring life out of death. He has the power to make every single living organism down to the very DNA. He is intricate to the smallest microscopic details, and also able to make the expanses of the universe with his very breath and command.
So you see reader...God is to be feared. We cannot take Him lightly.
But the greatest news in all the world is that even in His mighty power and sovereignty, God made Himself like us to be with us. This man held the infinite wisdom and power of God, yet some lucky people in history were able to eat with him, sleep next to him, play with him, laugh with him, weep with him..
His name was Jesus, and eventually, in His greatest act of power and might, He gave up His life upon the cross, one of the most painful ways to die, and shed his blood so that our sins and our rebellion might be forgiven.
So that, by His death, we were set free and so we can enter into the throne room of God confidently and say, "Abba Father" and we will not be denied!
Oh reader...take great joy and hope in this glorious truth! Yes, God is to be feared for He is a fearsome, powerful God. But He is near to us cause of Christ. He is our reconciler and for that we praise His name.
Whom, what shall we fear in light of Him?
Jeremiah 5:22
---
Proverbs tells us that the "fear of the Lord, is the beginning of wisdom."
What does it mean to fear God? Aren't we supposed to see Him as a loving, good-natured Father?
Yes and no.
God is a loving Father that lavishes His grace and mercy over us. But at the same time, God is to be feared. He is a fearsome being. So much so that even angels (who everyone deems as holy, supernatural beings), have to cover there eyes and even feet in the sight of God. They cannot fathom nor fully see God's astronomically, infinite power and majesty.
Humans tend to be feared by things much smaller than this. And it's justifiable (to some degree). No one has "seen" the throne room of God, nor have any seen Him face to face recently. Even if we did, it would probably melt our faces...but nonetheless, we go by what the Word tells us.
And that's where our faith comes into play. We know God is to be feared because we see it in the Word. But also, just as a person sees a painting, we know that a painter painted it. We see a building, and we know an architect built it. Similarly, we don't have to look so far in order to see that a Higher Being created all of this. The "boundaries in the sand", the ocean waves and all the creatures that inhabit the land. The landscape and the vastness of all that is out there in the universe...
I see that and get a small sense of how big God is. But looking at scriptures, we see that He is infinitely bigger than even this. He has the power to bring life out of death. He has the power to make every single living organism down to the very DNA. He is intricate to the smallest microscopic details, and also able to make the expanses of the universe with his very breath and command.
So you see reader...God is to be feared. We cannot take Him lightly.
But the greatest news in all the world is that even in His mighty power and sovereignty, God made Himself like us to be with us. This man held the infinite wisdom and power of God, yet some lucky people in history were able to eat with him, sleep next to him, play with him, laugh with him, weep with him..
His name was Jesus, and eventually, in His greatest act of power and might, He gave up His life upon the cross, one of the most painful ways to die, and shed his blood so that our sins and our rebellion might be forgiven.
So that, by His death, we were set free and so we can enter into the throne room of God confidently and say, "Abba Father" and we will not be denied!
Oh reader...take great joy and hope in this glorious truth! Yes, God is to be feared for He is a fearsome, powerful God. But He is near to us cause of Christ. He is our reconciler and for that we praise His name.
Whom, what shall we fear in light of Him?
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