SANCTUARY by David Jeremiah
March 3
HOW TO FEAR GOD
1 Samuel 12:24
Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
In July of 1861, in an act declaring September 26 as a National Day of Prayer and Fasting, Abraham Lincoln worte: "It is fit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge and revere the Supreme Government of God; to bow in humble submission to his chastisement; to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom..."
That may be one of the best summarires of what it means to "fear the Lord" ever penned. Note the action words: "To acknowledge . . . revere . . . bow . . . confess and deplore." To fear the Lord means more than just one thing. Indeed, it is a phrase that gathers together a number of attitudes and action. In short, when we fear the Lord, we recognize God's proper place as Creator over us as His creation. If someone followed us around for a week, what eveidence would they see that we fear the Lord> Which would they most - grumbles or gratitude, compalins or compassion?
A nation that fears the Lord is one whose citizens fear the Lord. Plan a "Personal Day of Prayer and Fasting" soon - a day to reafiirm your own fear of the Lord.
March 3
HOW TO FEAR GOD
1 Samuel 12:24
Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
In July of 1861, in an act declaring September 26 as a National Day of Prayer and Fasting, Abraham Lincoln worte: "It is fit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge and revere the Supreme Government of God; to bow in humble submission to his chastisement; to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom..."
That may be one of the best summarires of what it means to "fear the Lord" ever penned. Note the action words: "To acknowledge . . . revere . . . bow . . . confess and deplore." To fear the Lord means more than just one thing. Indeed, it is a phrase that gathers together a number of attitudes and action. In short, when we fear the Lord, we recognize God's proper place as Creator over us as His creation. If someone followed us around for a week, what eveidence would they see that we fear the Lord> Which would they most - grumbles or gratitude, compalins or compassion?
A nation that fears the Lord is one whose citizens fear the Lord. Plan a "Personal Day of Prayer and Fasting" soon - a day to reafiirm your own fear of the Lord.
SANCTUARY by David Jeremiah
March 3
HOW TO FEAR GOD
1 Samuel 12:24
Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
In July of 1861, in an act declaring September 26 as a National Day of Prayer and Fasting, Abraham Lincoln worte: "It is fit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge and revere the Supreme Government of God; to bow in humble submission to his chastisement; to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom..."
That may be one of the best summarires of what it means to "fear the Lord" ever penned. Note the action words: "To acknowledge . . . revere . . . bow . . . confess and deplore." To fear the Lord means more than just one thing. Indeed, it is a phrase that gathers together a number of attitudes and action. In short, when we fear the Lord, we recognize God's proper place as Creator over us as His creation. If someone followed us around for a week, what eveidence would they see that we fear the Lord> Which would they most - grumbles or gratitude, compalins or compassion?
A nation that fears the Lord is one whose citizens fear the Lord. Plan a "Personal Day of Prayer and Fasting" soon - a day to reafiirm your own fear of the Lord.
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