Today, we'll be looking at the fear of God. Get your pen ready and listen to gain more insights in God's word.
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Prayer Theme: The Fear of God
Text: Proverbs 8:13
'The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way. And the perverse mouth I hate.'
The fear of God is a deep and sincere reverence for God. To be able to fear God, one must be aware of the nature and power of God. In other words, one must know for instance, that God is everywhere,sees all things, knows all things and that He doesn't accept any reason for sin.
The fear of God in a man is what makes Him not to sin against God even when he has the opportunity to do so and no one will see him. It is what makes a man to choose to lose something rather than to sin against God. It is guides one in the path of righteousness and keeps one from sinning through one's thoughts, since we know that God knows what we think. It is the force that helps a believer to desire to please God, even when it is not convenient. It also makes a believer to choose to do what is right even when other believers think otherwise.
Ananias and Saphira were members of the early church. They sold a piece of land and decided to keep back part of the money they realised from the sale of the land and lie to the apostles that they brought all. This shows that it wasn't really their desire to sell the land but because they wanted the praise of people, they did it anyway. Having lied that the money they brought to the apostles was all they got from the land, they died instantly. This may not always be the case today because God's judgment for sin may be delayed. But one thing is sure, the more you choose not to fear God in your dealings, the more the gap between you and God widens. It gets to a point where God gives up such an individual, leading to spiritual death – separation from God– with the punishment of sin waiting for the person.
God is a consuming fire and a holy God who cannot behold sin. We must endeavour to walk with God in fear as the fear of God keeps us on the right path and ensures that we are not condemned at the end of our journey here on earth.
Indeed we all need the fear of God to succeed in life.