Happy is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways. You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD. The LORD bless you from Zion. May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel! (Psalm 128, NRSV)
Happy is the person who fears the Lord…
Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord…
do we think of fear as a good thing…
I mean it is October and we are seeing the decorations and commercials for all hallows eve…
Fear drives people…
But this fear is not the fear we have of the mad man with a chainsaw. The fear of the Lord is the fear every parent wants their children to have of them.
Not a fear that keeps them away, but a fear that inspires. A fear that helps us know that we are loved.
You see when we get right down to it. There is nothing God can not do to us. And there are many things He does not do to us that we deserve…
But He loves us and because of what He can do, we fear Him, not to stay away, but draw nearer to Him.
So fear and love the Lord, so your life will be filled with fruit and you will be blessed!
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