Fear of the Lord.
March 22, 2009
24 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
25 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.
26 For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.
1 Chronicles 16:24-26
Fear the Lord. Daily looking at all of creation, it seems as though it would come natural. I’m beginning to realize how lacking my life has been in following through on this command, that saturates the scriptures. My lack of fear is unjustifiable compared to the infinite power and glory of the one I’m here to serve, and the way He beautifully displays it with each second. I can only ask for His grace in helping me to be broken in humility at His feet.
On our trip last week, watched a sermon on brokenness, which I feel is the proper response when one fully understands and acts in fear of the Lord. Our pastor handed out a list which compares characteristics of proud, unbroken people with those of broken people. The Lord has really challenged me with it, and has used it to help me evaluate the areas of my life devastatingly lacking of brokenness and humility. I was gonna type it up on here, that was gonna be slightly chaotic. But I was able to find the same list online, I feel like it’s really worth prayerfully looking over:
