Faithless Fear

Wednesday, May 22,2024

  Good morning, Lord

Verse of the Day: 1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Memory verse: Psalm 90:14

14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.  

Today's reading: 1 CHRONICLES 19-21 JOHN 8:1-27

Fear-One More Time

Jeremiah 32:40 “I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me." Jeremiah 32:40

God has made us a promise(everlasting covenant) to:

>Never stop doing good to us(those who trust Him, now in Christ)

> Inspire fear in us so we will not turn from Him as the children of Israel did time and again.

So how is that fear inspired? God is relentless against evil-His power is unmatched. He has defeated fearsome armies with simple fear and confusion.

1 Kings 9:11-13 "Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Elijah heard the whisper-as we hear God speaking in our hearts-but he still covered his head as he went out of his hiding place. Elijah had run from God and his responsibilities. God inspired fear in Elijah with a show of power-but did not harm him. Elijah turned back to God and did what God said.

We may have seen a little of God's power but God' power is endless, yet, He said He gives us fear so as not to turn from Him. We were children of God's wrath, Ephesians 2, but not in Christ-but we fear that we ,in sin, might return there. This fear is God given.

 God says to us, "I will not turn away from doing good to you."

This is His covenant with us.

So, don't just greatly respect God-fear turning away from Him.

...because He loves us...

Father in Heaven,

Forgive me for not fearing You the way You intend. Increase this blessing in my life that I may turn away from You less and less.

Merciful and mighty God,

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen