It’s been quite a while since I’ve been able to update this site. Initially it was my studies and then it became my health. I’ve been ill for a few months now but I am expecting a victory soon, and am certain that God is faithful to glorify Himself through my illness even! Amen!
Today I want to write to you about fearing God. What does the bible mean when it says ‘Fear of the Lord’ or ‘Fear the Lord’? Why should we fear God if we are supposed to love him? And how many of us do really fear him?
The word of God, right from the Old Testament all the way through the New Testament keeps emphasizing the need to fear God. There are many many verses that repeatedly remind us that fearing God is the beginning of wisdom. In other words, if you want to live wisely, you need to fear God. We see this in Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 9:10, Psalms 110:10 and many other instances in the Bible.
If we really sit and consider who God is….how holy He is, how great He is, how awesome He is, how mighty and powerful He is, how infinite He is….there is really no measuring or understanding who God is. And yet this great God has chosen us….He chose us to be rulers over His kingdom, fellow rulers with Christ Jesus…He chose us to be His children. The world was created so that we would be eventually born and take our place as God’s children. We see this in
Romans 8: 19: the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Everything that God ever did was for us. Many people keep asking why does God allow the devil to roam like this freely and attack God’s children…..for our discipline…so that we may learn what is right and what is wrong…so we may learn to choose to live right and fear God, even when we have the option of doing wrong. The devil is not an accident, but part of God’s master plan to weed out the wheat from the chaff…to reveal through the adversity he brings..who the true children of God are. A lot of us fear the devil, afraid of his attacks and afraid of the evil he is….but before the Lord our God..the devil is so puny..so tiny…so insignificant…that if the Lord were to look at the devil wanting him gone…pooof! The devil would be gone!!!!
So in a circumstance like that who do you think needs to be feared more? The Lord our God is might and awesome and truly to be feared. We take for granted His love and always choose to not fear Him, but He must be feared. When we have a bad thought, when we have a mean word, when we have an evil action….we need to be very afraid how the Lord will feel about what we just did….we need to fear God!
Mathew 10: 28: And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
We see here very clear instruction on who to fear. Many a times, we think that because Jesus forgives our sins, because we are saved by the blood of Jesus…we can live the way we want. That is not what Paul says in
Philippians 2: 12: …work out your own salvation with fear and trembling
We need to be so very careful not to offend God, and live in fear of Him. When we were young children, although we loved our parents dearly, we were still very afraid of them…we feared our parents. That is how we must fear God…if we refuse to turn from our evil ways or if we refuse to conform ourselves to the image of His son Jesus, then He will deal with us firmly.
We don’t need to be afraid of the devil, or people, or sickness, or circumstances….we need to fear the one who has power and authority over all these….the Lord our God. Let us pray to the Lord to grant us the wisdom and the grace to fear Him and walk in His ways so that we might please Him.
Recipe (Green Apple Pickle)
Ingredients:
Green Granny Smith Apples – 8 (cut in small cubes with skin on)
Sesame oil – 1 cup
Chilli powder - 3 tbspTurmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 3 stalksSalt - As reqdFenugreek powder - 1 tspAsafoetida powder - 1/2 tspVinegar – 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Instructions:
1) Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds and splutter, followed by curry leaves.
2) Add the chopped apple, chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and vinegar. Stir well and allow to boil. Turn off flame.
3) Add fenugreek powder and asafoetida powder.
4) Set aside to cool and then store in airtight containers.
Today I want to write to you about fearing God. What does the bible mean when it says ‘Fear of the Lord’ or ‘Fear the Lord’? Why should we fear God if we are supposed to love him? And how many of us do really fear him?
The word of God, right from the Old Testament all the way through the New Testament keeps emphasizing the need to fear God. There are many many verses that repeatedly remind us that fearing God is the beginning of wisdom. In other words, if you want to live wisely, you need to fear God. We see this in Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 9:10, Psalms 110:10 and many other instances in the Bible.
If we really sit and consider who God is….how holy He is, how great He is, how awesome He is, how mighty and powerful He is, how infinite He is….there is really no measuring or understanding who God is. And yet this great God has chosen us….He chose us to be rulers over His kingdom, fellow rulers with Christ Jesus…He chose us to be His children. The world was created so that we would be eventually born and take our place as God’s children. We see this in
Romans 8: 19: the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Everything that God ever did was for us. Many people keep asking why does God allow the devil to roam like this freely and attack God’s children…..for our discipline…so that we may learn what is right and what is wrong…so we may learn to choose to live right and fear God, even when we have the option of doing wrong. The devil is not an accident, but part of God’s master plan to weed out the wheat from the chaff…to reveal through the adversity he brings..who the true children of God are. A lot of us fear the devil, afraid of his attacks and afraid of the evil he is….but before the Lord our God..the devil is so puny..so tiny…so insignificant…that if the Lord were to look at the devil wanting him gone…pooof! The devil would be gone!!!!
So in a circumstance like that who do you think needs to be feared more? The Lord our God is might and awesome and truly to be feared. We take for granted His love and always choose to not fear Him, but He must be feared. When we have a bad thought, when we have a mean word, when we have an evil action….we need to be very afraid how the Lord will feel about what we just did….we need to fear God!
Mathew 10: 28: And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
We see here very clear instruction on who to fear. Many a times, we think that because Jesus forgives our sins, because we are saved by the blood of Jesus…we can live the way we want. That is not what Paul says in
Philippians 2: 12: …work out your own salvation with fear and trembling
We need to be so very careful not to offend God, and live in fear of Him. When we were young children, although we loved our parents dearly, we were still very afraid of them…we feared our parents. That is how we must fear God…if we refuse to turn from our evil ways or if we refuse to conform ourselves to the image of His son Jesus, then He will deal with us firmly.
We don’t need to be afraid of the devil, or people, or sickness, or circumstances….we need to fear the one who has power and authority over all these….the Lord our God. Let us pray to the Lord to grant us the wisdom and the grace to fear Him and walk in His ways so that we might please Him.
Recipe (Green Apple Pickle)
Ingredients:
Green Granny Smith Apples – 8 (cut in small cubes with skin on)
Sesame oil – 1 cup
Chilli powder - 3 tbspTurmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 3 stalksSalt - As reqdFenugreek powder - 1 tspAsafoetida powder - 1/2 tspVinegar – 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Instructions:
1) Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds and splutter, followed by curry leaves.
2) Add the chopped apple, chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and vinegar. Stir well and allow to boil. Turn off flame.
3) Add fenugreek powder and asafoetida powder.
4) Set aside to cool and then store in airtight containers.
