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Fear the Lord

Psalm 111:10
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.”

To fear the Lord is to have an understanding that He has a greater understanding. I once had it explained to me that to fear the Lord is similar to a parent telling a child not to touch a hot stove. At first, the child might believe that the parent is being unfair but when the child disobeys, they encounter the consequence of having a burnt body part. From then on, the child will, hopefully, be more willing to listen, not because they are afraid, but because they realize that the parent had a greater understanding in what the outcome would be. Fear of the Lord is very similar to this scenario. It is believing that He knows what is best for us because He loves us so much so and following His commandments even when they seem unjust because He knows the consequences that follow each sin we commit. When we love someone, their endurance of pain is painful for us. This is how the Lord feels towards us and when we follow His Word, the Word of truth, we gain wisdom because we understand who He is and we are able to apply that to our lives. Like many others here, I often find myself being the child who disobeys. I know the consequences to the mistakes I make and I continue to make them anyways. Where is the wisdom in that? There is none. All the Lord wants is for us to turn, so why is it so hard to do so? I tend to think I find comfort in my sin because that is all I know. But in Christ, I am set free, my chains are broken, and I am no longer bound to the things of this world, including myself. Dying to self is a daily task because the desires of my flesh are always at work but I need to learn to trust the Lord and His will, that it is greater than anything this world could ever offer. I am in awe that the Lord could ever even desire to use someone as broken as me, but He has called me here to be just that, a broken vessel unto others for His glory. Through Him, I have a calling and my calling for this season is to receive; receive from God the wisdom He is blatantly offering so that I may be fruitful in pouring out into others.

 Application
Today, I will make a list of the times I have received wisdom from the Lord since I have been here and how I have applied it to my life. 

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