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Good Morning, my friends. This is Michael De Rosa, and the Scripture today is Proverbs 9:10: NASB)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
A recent conflict has brought me closer to a healthier understanding of Fearing the Lord.
Let me begin telling you what I am discovering in all this.
Maybe it will help you.
Firstly, while I intellectually understand that this word fear conveys a deep reverence, I need to have a stronger connection between what the Bible means by this word and how I live.
The Hebrew word –and its derivatives- from which FEAR is translated literally means “dread, terribleness, terror”. And that type of relationship with the Lord cuts real deep into my view of all that I know about His love.
And yet, unless I come to the place where I can actually live in the fear of the Lord, I think I will be selling my faith short by way of wanting to believe in a God that I can more easily accept.
I will be talking more about this next week, and I would like to hear what you think.
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Blessings on your Journey!
-Michael