Fear of the Lord
Christ is not someone 'we' can imitate. We are incapable. Our fleshy natures are simply incapable since Adam and Eve chose denial. I think I am coming from a place where I have always 'feared' God to an extent, it is the love and trust that I was missing.
I can understand a need for fear of the Lord. To me, fear is acknowledging how much greater He is than we are. How much greater his knowledge, mercy, ability...simply how much MORE He is than we could possibly comprehend. The Bible is merely a small bit of the fullness of Him, therefore, we cannot possibly expect to FULLY understand his divinity, we cannot possibly expect in our human, fleshy natures to have full understanding of His grace and mercy.
If I were to think that I have full understanding of the mind of God, that would be claiming that I am equal to God. That would be prideful of me. I know that I need others around me to keep my pride from taking control. I need them to remind me that I am merely His creation and am still of flesh, so I can return to a worshipful place of humility, rather than a boastful place of pride. When I am listening to myself and my boasting more than I am listening to the Holy Spirit, then He sends others to me that ARE listening to Him, and they check my pride. Then, I can recognize my sin and ask His forgiveness, so that I can hear Him again. By doing this, He keeps me from getting too far away from Him, I merely need to be certain that I listen and am not choosing to blind myself to the messengers He sends me.
It is similar to the analogy my son told me of thinking he could see just fine, then his eyes were checked by an optometrist and when he got glasses, he discovered that he couldn't see as much as he thought. When our 'glasses' are 'dirty' we stop letting the light shine through us, but we also stop seeing ourselves for what we are. In our pride in ourselves, we forget our fear of the Lord. I appreciate my husband, children, church family, and even the people on this forum, for helping me to remember that I can only serve and through being a servant, I can only hope that God grants me the wisdom He believes I need.
I can understand a need for fear of the Lord. To me, fear is acknowledging how much greater He is than we are. How much greater his knowledge, mercy, ability...simply how much MORE He is than we could possibly comprehend. The Bible is merely a small bit of the fullness of Him, therefore, we cannot possibly expect to FULLY understand his divinity, we cannot possibly expect in our human, fleshy natures to have full understanding of His grace and mercy.
If I were to think that I have full understanding of the mind of God, that would be claiming that I am equal to God. That would be prideful of me. I know that I need others around me to keep my pride from taking control. I need them to remind me that I am merely His creation and am still of flesh, so I can return to a worshipful place of humility, rather than a boastful place of pride. When I am listening to myself and my boasting more than I am listening to the Holy Spirit, then He sends others to me that ARE listening to Him, and they check my pride. Then, I can recognize my sin and ask His forgiveness, so that I can hear Him again. By doing this, He keeps me from getting too far away from Him, I merely need to be certain that I listen and am not choosing to blind myself to the messengers He sends me.
It is similar to the analogy my son told me of thinking he could see just fine, then his eyes were checked by an optometrist and when he got glasses, he discovered that he couldn't see as much as he thought. When our 'glasses' are 'dirty' we stop letting the light shine through us, but we also stop seeing ourselves for what we are. In our pride in ourselves, we forget our fear of the Lord. I appreciate my husband, children, church family, and even the people on this forum, for helping me to remember that I can only serve and through being a servant, I can only hope that God grants me the wisdom He believes I need.
Proverbs 1:7God bless.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 9:10
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil, but a fool is hotheaded and reckless.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
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