The Fear of the Lord

Scripture Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

Observation: If you are afraid of sinning against God, which we should be, then we are called to hate evil, pride, arrogance and a perverse mouth. Since we have control of only one person, our self, we need to eliminate these things from our lives. Fear of the Lord is great it can keep us holy with the fear that we can let Him down. To fear God is to glorify Him.

Application: I need to be afraid of doing wrong and not just to try to avoid it. Not to be evil, prideful or arrogant is just the beginning I’m called not to sin at all and to control what I say to others.

Prayer: My Lord help me fear you in a way that I will live a righteous life. Help me stay on the path and draw me close to you. I love you Lord and desire to please you.