7 Things - The Fear of the Lord

7 Things that come from the fear of the Lord

(Book of Proverbs)

Prov. 1:7 - Wisdom and knowledge - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. (2:5; 9:10)

Prov. 10:27 - Long life The fear of the LORD prolongs days, But the years of the wicked will be shortened. (19:23; 19:23)

Prov. 14:26 - Confidence In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence,

Prov. 14:26 - Refuge For Your Children And His children will have a place of refuge.

Prov. 14:27 - Escape from death The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death

Prov. 16:6 - Holiness In mercy and truth, Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil. (Also Prov. 3:7)

Prov. 19:23 - Life The fear of the LORD leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.

Prov. 22:4 - Riches, honor and Life By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.

The Fear of the Lord is (5 Things):

Prov. 1:7    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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

Prov. 9:10    “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

                  And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Prov. 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.

Prov. 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.

How To Obtain the Fear of the Lord (4 Things):

Prov. 2:1-5 - Turn your heart and ear towards wisdom

Prov. 2:1-5 - Cry out for it – lift your voice and ask God for wisdom

Prov. 3:7 - Turn from sin and hate evil (Prov. 8:13)

Prov. 23:17 - Run after the fear of the Lord with zeal - all the day

Psalm 34 - 7 Things

Psalm 34 uses the little word, “all” 7 times – it is a psalm that speaks to everything within us, and calls us to engage in all of God!! Here are the 7 things that the psalmist is calling us to consider:

V1 I will bless the Lord at all times – praise is appropriate in our lives at any time in any day

V4 (He) delivered me from all my fears – not one fear of any sort is able to stand in the presence of God – He has exercised His power over every fear throughout all time

V6 (The Lord) has saved us out of all our troubles – every trouble of every sort is subject to the resurrection power of Jesus. He can save you from every degree of difficulty

V7 The angel of the Lord surrounds all those who fear Him…and delivers them – What an amazing promise! – this is a guarantee for all who fear (know, worship and obey) the Lord – He has sent angels to surround us at all times. Ask the Lord to make you aware of these heavenly beings. These angels are there to deliver us from harm. Just think of angels setting up tents all around your life and home!!

V17 The Lord delivers us out of all our troubles – in verse 6 we see Him saving us from our troubles – now he is delivering us from them – removing every trace of them from our lives

V19 The Lord delivers us out of all our afflictions – In this psalm, the Hebrew word for “trouble(s)” is tsarah, which means “distress” or anything that vexes. The Hebrew word for “afflictions” is a much stronger word: ra’ which means “evil, malignant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery, worse than, hurtful, unkind, wicked in thought, deed or actions, distress, injury, adversity, calamity, sad, ethically evil.” In short…pretty bad circumstances that include every sort of problem! There is absolutely no difficulty or situation – no matter how serious or dark that the Lord is not able to lift from our lives. Nothing can stand against the total victory Christ won for us on Calvary. That includes every shame, pain, trouble, affliction, sickness, evil, horror, sorrow, sadness, disaster, tragedy or suffering that is known on this earth. He delivers us from them all. Notice in this verse that it is the righteous who are suffer these afflictions…but the Lord delivers us from them all!

V20 The Lord guards all our bones – in other words, He has delivered us from spiritual woes and the troubles of life…now He is guarding our physical bodies from all harm. He covers every area of our life and keeps us from all harm!!

What a comforting psalm this is!! Put your trust in the Lord and watch as He vindicates you and protects you from every evil thing.

Seek The Lord

The results of seeking the Lord:

1.    Joy

     1Chr. 16:10...let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord! (Ps. 105:3)

        Ps. 40:16   Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You...

        (Ps. 70:4)

2.    He will be found

    1Chr. 28:9  ...if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off for ever. (2Chr. 15:2; Ps. 9:10)

     2Chr. 15:4   But when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

3.    God will hear, forgive and heal our land

   2Chr. 7:14 If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

4.    The Lord gives us peace from our enemies

        2Chr. 14:7   ...we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side. (Ezra 8:22)

5.    Prosperity

       2Chr. 26:5...and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.  (2Chr. 31:21)

      Ps. 34:10  The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall      not lack any good thing.

6.    The Lord looks for those who seek Him

        Ps. 14:2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God. (Ps. 53:2)

7.    Deliverance from all fears

        Ps. 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

8.    Life

        Ps. 69:32  ...you who seek God, your hearts shall live. (Ps. 22:26)

        Amos 5:4   For thus says the Lord..."Seek me, and live..."

9.    We are blessed

        Ps. 119:2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart.

10.  Understanding

        Prov. 28:5  ...those who seek the Lord understand all.

11.  The fear of the Lord

      Hosea 3:5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.

12.  We find a hiding place

       Zeph. 2:3  Seek ye the Lord, all you meek of the earth, who have upheld his justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the Lord's anger.

13.  Everything we need will be provided

      Matt. 6:33   But seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. (Luke 12:31)

       Matt. 7:7–8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. (Luke 11:9)

14.  Healing

        Luke 6:19  And the whole multitude sought to touch Him: for power went out from Him, and healed them all.

15.  He rewards those who seek Him

        Hebr. 11:6   ...He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.