Psalm 145:10,11
"His delight is not in the strength of the
horse,
nor His pleasure in the legs of a man,
but the LORD takes pleasure in those
who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast
love."
Apparently, God really gets excited when we fear him(He likes it more than horses and legs). He seems to enjoy when we consider His ways above everything else. He smiles when we love others because we love Him. It seems that learning to fear him is vitally important. How do we do this? If you even slightly pay attention to Skip you know his (Larry's) definition of the fear of the Lord. It is "a healthy dread of displeasing God" or "caring more about what God thinks than anyone else." I think these are right on. However, what is pretty cool about God is how He will answer our questions or tell us what He wants in His Word. I (like any good Christian) read the Proverbs of the day. I read this in Chapter 2 today right after reading Psalms.
2
making your ear attentive to wisdom
3
yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice wfor understanding,
4
if you seek it like xsilver
and search for it as for yhidden treasures,
5
then zyou will understand the fear of the Lord
I think it is good to understand a definition of the fear of the Lord. According to Proverbs
though, it's really important we simply ask God with a sincere heart to teach us what it means and then seek Him for the answer like crazy. Now, I can't figure out why the spacing went weird on this blog, so I'll just leave it at that.
Travis