THE FEAR OF THE LORD

""The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:7

"A fools mouth is his destruction and his lips are the snare of his soul."Proverbs 18:7

"The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride, arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do i hate." Proverbs 8:13

"The fear of the Lord prolongeth days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened." Proverbs 10:27

"The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death." Proverbs 14:27

"The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom and before honour is humility." Proverbs 15:33

"The fear of the Lord tendeth to life and he that hath it shall abide satisfied, he shall not be visited with evil." Proverbs 19:23

"Every word of God is pure, he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him." Proverbs 30:5

"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord pondereth the hearts." Proverbs 21:2

"There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." Proverbs 16:25

"There is no fear of God before their eyes." Romans 3:18

The Fear of God...the moral dread of being displeasing unto God. If we had a gut wrenching pit of the stomach dread, of being displeasing unto God, our creator, who made heaven and earth, all that is seen and unseen, our Father in heaven, then it would be easy to walk in righteous repentance each moment of each day...we would weep over our sin, over the lost, over nations. We would pray without ceasing. We would have joy and peace in the trial and fire we face in this short life we live here. Thank you God, for the fear of God in my heart.

The sad truth is that most people will perish and spend eternity separated from God, even though his heart's desire is that none should perish and all come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9), that he is long-suffering toward us. Sadly, even the brethren bicker and fight, find fault and accuse. If we do not know the fear of the Lord, the godly sorrow that sin convicts us to in our hearts, the agony and sorrow of sinning against God, the confession and forgiveness of sin...how can we preach it? How can we preach repentance if we have not experienced our own Godly sorrow for our sins?

i thank God that he loved me so much he sent His Son to shed his blood and reconcile me to himself. The Cross changed everything in my life. i thank God he has broken my heart and my life for himself. i thank God he has put people like Pastor Troy in my life who have lead me deeper into God's word, that i may abide always in Jesus. God's Word i have hid it in my heart, and keeps me ready wherever i am to preach repentance. i now and forever abide in the presence of Christ, and each day i am ready for each encounter with the lost. i am truly blessed and find all my strength, my joy, my peace, and all my answers in God. i praise God for all i am and ever will be. i praise God who is and who was and who ever shall be. i praise God. Lord i ask that you keep me focused on you, give me strength to pray, fast, read your word, preach repentance to the lost, for as long as you allow me to live on this planet. Let me not be displeasing unto you. Thank you Lord..i love you..all glory be to you forever and ever, amen.

The truth is that God is no respecter of persons, what he does for one he will do for another (Acts 10:34). We each have equal opportunity to live in Him. The playing field is level. The choice is ours.