Have you had your JOY JUICE today? I fear that if you have not, you will miss
out on the joyful wisdom God has in store for you!
Proverbs
9:10 says, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” Does that
mean we should be afraid of God? “Fear” in this context refers to reverence for
God. When we “fear” God, we stand in awe of Him. He is all-wise, all-powerful,
ever-present and all-loving. We should see Him through eyes of wonder…a God so
amazing Who reaches out and touches our lives in a very real way. Charles Stanley puts it like this: “To fear God is not to fear God’s judgment;
it is to stand in awe that God has all authority to judge and to forgive, to
show mercy, and to grant His grace in overflowing abundance.”
Often when we talk about fear we refer to
things like bad weather, the dark or the unknown. Some people have the fear of heights and
flying, of snakes or spiders or going to the dentist! The “fears” referred to in these instances are
NOT the same kind of “fear” Proverbs is talking about. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
wisdom.”
In Charles
Stanley’s book Walking Wisely, he writes, “Wisdom is the capacity to see
things from God’s viewpoint. A child was asked if he knew the meaning of the
word ‘omniscient’. He said, ‘Yes’! My
mom taught me that word. It means that
God knows everything about everything.’ I can’t beat that definition.” Can you?
Let’s
walk in the “fear” of the Lord JOYFULLY, knowing that God knows everything
about everything and we are under His watchful care!
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