Remind me.

Lord, remind me that my emotions do not change you, that you remain faithful and true.

Despite my feelings, You remain good with grace deeper than the ocean blue.

Remind me Lord of Your truth, that I am sealed forever.

 Guaranteed with an inheritance, eternally Yours, fettered.

Lord, remind me that I am free in Christ, although I may feel enslaved,

that I have been given freedom by your blood and a Spirit to obey.

Lord, remind me that I am not my own, that I lay my life down.

The very same way you did years ago, along with the thorns of a crown.

Lord, remind me that all things are perishable, that things will not last,

that only you are everlasting, future, present and past.

Lord, remind me that I am of worth, holy and blameless in Your sight.

Although I may feel ashamed, You have declared me right.

Lord, again remind me of Your unconditional love, that I am viewed as a treasured jewel,

and Lord press upon my heart an unceasing love for you.

Lord, remind me of Your glory, the immeasurable riches of your grace,

that You are holy and set apart, and the reason I run this race.

Fear of The Lord.

For the past two years I have pondered the notion of fearing the Lord. I have continued in my faith questioning myself, asking if I fully fear the Lord. My answer would be “No” every single time. 'Til one day it clicked.

 It started with recognizing that my fear of God must be shaped by my love of God.

What is fearing the Lord?

“The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil…” Proverbs 8:13

Fearing the Lord is hating what God hates out of your love for Him. It is recognizing that God is better than any sin on this earth and out of reverence, respect and at the core of it all, love, we want God more than we want our autonomy.

The more that I understand the fear of the Lord the more my daily life is transformed. The sins I would usually commit that I thought were little (such as the white lies to save face) were suddenly seen as huge in my life. I started feeling conviction in areas that I had not before. The Lord was sanctifying me by showing me how holy He is compared to my flesh and that every sin that I once thought was small was huge compared to His holiness.

 

And in the midst of all of my sin (even my little white lies) it showed that I did not fear the Lord, but instead feared man. At the core of my lying I recognized that I wanted myself to look good to people and became fearful that if I told someone that I had slept in til noon or that I hadn’t read the bible that day that I would look bad, so instead I would lie. In Proverbs 12:22 it says that “lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.” This includes even the little white lies. 

The more I meditated on the holiness of God the more my once little sins grew into gigantic sins that I could not continue doing out of my love and fear for the Lord. 

When you fear...

“The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied…” Proverbs 19:23

Fearing the Lord has been a process, one that I continue to meditate on and pray about. It has brought about more reverence and love in my relationship with the Lord and I am being renewed and satisfied daily. Fearing God has allowed me to set aside any pride, fear of man, or desire of autonomy in my life and rest in the goodness of His holiness and love despite my sin.

I am aware that I am not even beginning to touch the depths of what fearing the Lord entails, but I am excited to continue to dig deep in The Word and continue to gain knowledge of His holiness and how it  continually leads to fearing a holy and righteous God.

Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.