Those who fear him

At the new website “Messiah for all” the focus shall be on the Messiah. But to come to understand the Messiah and the importance of his role for us, we do have to look at the beginning of the world, Who is behind it and what happened then and how fear came over man.

“… those who fear him”

(February 27)

“Fear” as it occurs in God’s word often has the sense of being in awe of God. We have delightful and meaningful examples of this in today’s 103 Psalm.

“The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made his ways known to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel” (verses 6,7).

“His ways” as he made them known to Moses are a major example of his working righteousness and justice – it did not however, happen in a moment, we reflect on the lessons in Moses’ life. Then in verse 11 we read,

“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him”.

Again in verse 13,

“As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him”.

This repetition reminded us of Solomon’s saying that “a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12) for in verse 17 of our Psalm David for the third time states,

“the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him”.

All those who have established an ongoing relationship with the Lord, find that a heartfelt sense of awe permeates all their thoughts.

English: Statue "Fear of the Lord" b... — Statue “Fear of the Lord” by Karin Jonzen at Guildford Cathedral (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

David sets the highest example (apart from that of Christ) of seeing the involvement of God in his life – and the Psalms illustrate this again and again. David demonstrates the reality of what Paul meant when he said to the Athenians about the “unknown” God, that “in him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).

In Psalm 64 David says, prays, “Hear my voice O God … preserve my life from dread of the enemy” (verse 1). David had many enemies, his prayer was to be able to rise above any feelings of dread – and this – is the wonderful outcome of hearts truly being in awe of all we conceive God as being as we live and move and have our own being “in him”. And then, every day, we “feed” on his Son, remembering his Son’s words,

“I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he (or she) also will live because of me” (John 6:57).

The foundation to this is to “feed” on God’s word day by day.

– The Christadelphian

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Nothing is Impossible for God (dailybibleplan.com)
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When Fear Overshadows Faith (dailybibleplan.com)
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