All throughout the Bible are references to righteousness and living a righteous life. In addition are many promises for those who live a righteous life before God. So what exactly does that look like? How can we know if we are living under that blessing? The scriptures make it clear that the foundation of a righteous man is a healthy fear of Almighty God. There is a lot of confusion surrounding this concept; fearing the Lord God. We tend to relate this “fear” to an emotion we might feel towards a haunted house or a horror flick but that’s not necessarily the fear the Bible describes. The book of Proverbs helps shed light on this “fear concept.” Proverbs 8:13 (NIV) reads “To fear the Lord is to hate evil.” If we truly hate that which God has deemed evil, we are more able to do that which He has deemed good and right. When we do that which is pleasing to Him, we are well on our way to establishing that healthy fear of the Lord and His commands and ultimately righteousness.
Our relationship with Christ is often described as a journey. If a journey of 1000 miles truly begins with one step then this would be a important first step. The Proverbs say that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom. Let us therefore, as follows of Christ, fear the Lord our God by hating evil, and it is only by genuinely knowing Christ that you will genuinely know that which is evil. Spend time with Him, make Him The Priority, talk with Him, He desperately wants to do the same. Do that, and this first step will become surprisingly possible. We can do nothing apart from Him.
If We Truly Live To Love Christ, Our Love Will Show The World Why We Live.
-Jared Carlson
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