Psalm 111: 10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; good understandings have all those who do His commandments, His praise endures forever.”
Dear God,
‘The fear of the Lord’ – to me means more than the acknowledgement of Your awe inspiring acts of creation, and understanding of Your recreation of us on earth. After all it is You God, who created the universe. To acknowledge this, and be aware of Your all-pervading love, mercy and power in every situation, causes me to learn to truly reverence You more and more through the years; and I am so glad.
The Old Testament writers talked of loving Gods laws; we seem to have moved away from viewing and talking about them, with such attachment. Which I think is a shame, for You reveal Yourself in the 10 Commandments. Please help me to remember the precious instruction, centred on Your character, as revealed in the Ten Commandments. Therefore it is no surprise that Your love is revealed in Your commandments.
How can we not worship and bow down before, such benevolence from You our Mighty God of All power. You are so pure, that it not possible for a sinful person to be in the place You dwell, yet we are not hated, but our sin is. To remedy our unlovely sinful condition we have Your offer to take this ‘dirty’ ungrateful ‘kid’, and change me from the inside out, filling and clothing me with Yourself. It is the undeserved righteousness of Jesus that is available upon repentance and confession. I desperately need my heart and mind cleansed and changed, which will come by accepting You above all else, along with Your gifts and walking in the righteousness of Your Commandments.
Jesus Himself tells us to abide in Him and we will not only find Him, but live in His peace, as we grow in knowledge and love of Him. I have found the truth of the words ‘His praise endures forever ‘and hope to do so for ever and ever.
Amen