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Fearing our Loving God
I heard someone comment recently that they believed there just must be a more accurate translation for scriptures that contain the word fear in reference to our relationship to God. The word fear just doesn’t fit, she explained. Yet the Bible clearly states that the fear of God is where wisdom begins. How can we understand this difficult subject?
Following an uncomfortable and rather sudden realization a few years ago that I lacked the ability to describe what I believed, and that in some things I didn’t even know what I believed, I have since been on a prayerful search for a clear understanding of sound doctrine. Desiring an ever greater grasp of this difficult subject I humbly share the following.
Do I fear God? Yes. I fear God because He holds the keys to heaven and hell and that moves me to intercede in prayer for the unsaved. I fear God because He disciplines those He loves, myself being one of His. His discipline is painful and effective producing a heightened watchfulness against the dangers of my own wanderings. I fear God because He is all powerful and has the last word on everything.
Do I feel secure in His love? Yes. I feel secure in God’s love because through His aforementioned carefully crafted discipline He draws me back to the safety of my close relationship with Him. I feel secure in His love because I experience His faithfulness and His unexplainable mercy when I humble myself before Him and cast my cares on Him . . . receiving in return a peace that passes understanding. I feel secure in His love because when I call out to Him for help I know that He hears me. Though I must wait for His answer it is amazing how often I can eventually see with my own eyes that the wait was worth every minute.
I feel secure in His love because the Bible gives account of His promise to finish the work He has begun in me. God the Father called me to Himself, I believed Jesus paid the price for my sins with His life and that God raised Him from the dead. By faith I accepted His invitation and He made me one of His. He has definitely begun a work in me, and it is by faith, itself a gift from God, that I feel secure in His completion of that work.
Dear Christian, like me you may desire to be able to know and describe with confidence what you believe and in so doing be ready always to give a reason for the hope that is in you. May the Holy Spirit guide us into all truth.
Bible References:
Psalms 5:3; Psalms 27:14; Psalms 50:15; Psalms 104:24; Matthew 10:28; John 3:16; John 16:13; Romans 10:9; Ephesians 4:6; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 4: 6,7; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 4:3; Hebrews 12:4-11; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 Peter 5: 6,7; 1 John 5: 11-13
Fearing our Loving God
About Me
About Me
I’m Lynette, retired from hospital and college administration and a late-starter photographer with a love for scenery and wildlife, especially birds. Numbered among my most beloved pets is a crow I called Gabe.
My sudden fascination with birds seemed to be God-given. One quiet evening just before sunset I witnessed a mother robin’s grief at the death of her baby that touched me so deeply it inspired within me an interest in birds I couldn’t shake. I asked God to bring birds into my yard where, up until then, sightings had been few, very few. I studied their feeding habits and began putting food out. Seemingly out of nowhere, significant varieties of beautiful birds would arrive, sometimes in surprising numbers, satisfying the uncanny interest I had in their visits. Experiences with ‘my birds’ have taught me to watch all around me for indicators in nature of the character of our Creator and Lord. I will be sharing many of my dear feathered acquaintances with you in pictures. As my writings are updated so will be my photographs.
I’m also infatuated with all kinds of crafting. My project supplies require regular purging to keep them from overtaking our small home. I love, absolutely love, my children, grandkids, nieces and nephews, and spend quality time with them whenever I have even remote opportunity.
My life has been riddled as well with tragedies, loss, and pain, much of which I believe I could not have endured without regular refreshment from God’s Word. I know why they call it living. A Christian that has experienced God’s mercy with a heart to share what I’ve gained from daily searching the scriptures for strength, my prayer is that my writings will renew and encourage your faith as we enjoy together reminders of just how great God is.
If you’d like to browse all my posts you can do so by way of the archive link below.
I heard someone comment recently that they believed there just must be a more accurate translation for scriptures that contain the word fear in reference to our relationship to God. The word fear just doesn’t fit, she explained. Yet the Bible clearly states that the fear of God is where wisdom begins. How can we understand this difficult subject?
Following an uncomfortable and rather sudden realization a few years ago that I lacked the ability to describe what I believed, and that in some things I didn’t even know what I believed, I have since been on a prayerful search for a clear understanding of sound doctrine. Desiring an ever greater grasp of this difficult subject I humbly share the following.
Do I fear God? Yes. I fear God because He holds the keys to heaven and hell and that moves me to intercede in prayer for the unsaved. I fear God because He disciplines those He loves, myself being one of His. His discipline is painful and effective producing a heightened watchfulness against the dangers of my own wanderings. I fear God because He is all powerful and has the last word on everything.
Do I feel secure in His love? Yes. I feel secure in God’s love because through His aforementioned carefully crafted discipline He draws me back to the safety of my close relationship with Him. I feel secure in His love because I experience His faithfulness and His unexplainable mercy when I humble myself before Him and cast my cares on Him . . . receiving in return a peace that passes understanding. I feel secure in His love because when I call out to Him for help I know that He hears me. Though I must wait for His answer it is amazing how often I can eventually see with my own eyes that the wait was worth every minute.
I feel secure in His love because the Bible gives account of His promise to finish the work He has begun in me. God the Father called me to Himself, I believed Jesus paid the price for my sins with His life and that God raised Him from the dead. By faith I accepted His invitation and He made me one of His. He has definitely begun a work in me, and it is by faith, itself a gift from God, that I feel secure in His completion of that work.
Dear Christian, like me you may desire to be able to know and describe with confidence what you believe and in so doing be ready always to give a reason for the hope that is in you. May the Holy Spirit guide us into all truth.
Bible References:
Psalms 5:3; Psalms 27:14; Psalms 50:15; Psalms 104:24; Matthew 10:28; John 3:16; John 16:13; Romans 10:9; Ephesians 4:6; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 4: 6,7; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 4:3; Hebrews 12:4-11; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 Peter 5: 6,7; 1 John 5: 11-13
I’m Lynette, retired from hospital and college administration and a late-starter photographer with a love for scenery and wildlife, especially birds. Numbered among my most beloved pets is a crow I called Gabe.
My sudden fascination with birds seemed to be God-given. One quiet evening just before sunset I witnessed a mother robin’s grief at the death of her baby that touched me so deeply it inspired within me an interest in birds I couldn’t shake. I asked God to bring birds into my yard, where, until then, sightings had been few, very few. I studied their feeding habits and began putting food out. Seemingly out of nowhere, significant varieties of beautiful birds would arrive, sometimes in surprising numbers, satisfying the uncanny interest I had in their visits. Experiences with ‘my birds’ have taught me to watch all around me for indicators in nature of the character of our Creator and Lord. I will be sharing many of my dear feathered acquaintances with you in pictures. As my writings are updated so will be my photographs.
I’m also infatuated with all kinds of crafting. My project supplies require regular purging to keep them from overtaking our small home. I love, absolutely love, my children, grandkids, nieces and nephews, and spend quality time with them whenever I have even remote opportunity.
My life has been riddled as well with tragedies, loss, and pain, much of which I believe I could not have endured without regular refreshment from God’s Word. I know why they call it ‘living’. A Christian that has experienced God’s mercy with a heart to share what I’ve gained from daily searching the scriptures for strength, my prayer is that my writings will renew and encourage your faith as we enjoy together reminders of just how great God is.
If you’d like to browse all my posts you can do so by way of the link below.
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