Bible Verse of The Day – 12-9-19

Proverbs 9:10 (NKJV) 10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

What is the fear of God?

The fear of God is something that is quite misunderstood. People have all kinds of ideas about what the fear of God is and what it means.

But, in addition to the misconceptions and misunderstandings about this, there are also many of us who have no real understanding at all about what it means to “fear God”.

We want to try to clear this up and bring understanding to this daunting topic.

Before we talk about what the fear of God is, though, let’s talk about what it isn’t.

The fear of God shouldn’t cause us to walk around, cowering, constantly worried about being struck down or condemned to death the very second that we do something wrong.

The fear of God shouldn’t cause us to become depressed.

The fear of God shouldn’t cause us to lose sleep every night, worrying about whether we’re going to be consumed by God’s wrath before we wake up.

The fear of God should have no negative connotations or implications in our lives as a whole.

If we wrestle with any of these things, we probably lack understanding in this area.

God never wants us to lack understanding or be uninformed or uneducated, especially when it comes to His word and our understanding of Him.

Proverbs 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

So, over the next several days, we will dig into this topic and get understanding. And by the time we’re finished, we will be informed, educated and knowledgeable, bringing a deeper insight and peace to our hearts and minds.

To be continued tomorrow.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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