What are you afraid of?
Fear can be both good and bad.
The enemy wants to lock us up with fear and for the believer those fears need to be removed by resting in God’s perfect love.
This week I want to focus on good fear: the fear of the LORD. ‘
Jesus taught us to hallow or make our Father’s name holy.
We are to set is apart as the most revered name in all existence.
This is why taking His name in vain… using it as a swear word or even just a common word is so disrespectful.
And it’s why it is targeted so much by the enemy.
At my church today, my pastors focused on the hallowed nature of God’s name and how it should impact our walk with Him.
I have struggled with being respectful to the men in my life and the Lord has shown me how that is a generational issue but also the result of me passing judgment on men in general for being weak in the areas of the flesh.
But the Spirit used this week’s sermon to show me how I’ve been disrespectful to God for standing in judgment of others, specifically of men including David and Solomon, and countered His judgment of forgiven and loved with my judgment of weak and pathetic.
I recognize that any judgments I make of anyone are invalid and false simply because I am not God and do not have the capacity or authority to render judgment.
I’ve seen that I also judge God’s directives to me through the grid of my own understanding.
If it makes sense, I cheerfully obey; if it sounds crazy, I balk.
I recognize that as pure arrogance but also not fully understanding His love for me.
Being like Jesus, looks like doing the Father’s will without balking, and doing it in His strength for His glory.
There is no room for judging His will or judging others.
Fearing His name manifests in humble obedience.
Simply put, He is God and I am not.
I have no authority to judge Him or His people.
I choose to receive and rest in His perfect love for me and others.
Blessings!
Robyn Henning