Proverbs 1:7, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Yirah
(3374) means, among other things, reverence or a moral fear of God. What God thinks about me matters. What I think of God matters too because it
will directly effect my respect and trust of Him. When things are going well for me, I might
like to think of God as sort of my buddy, but when the going gets rough, I find
myself in need of a strong and powerful God.
When my earthly friends are nowhere to be seen, I find myself needing a
God who is able to meet my serious need.
When I have problems that are much too difficult for
me to solve, I need a big, wise, wonderful God to come to my aid. Isaiah put it like this, “In the year that
king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up,
and his train filled the temple.”( Isaiah 6:1)
When He was in trouble he did not look for a folksy and indulgent God
but rather an exalted Holy God! I do
not know about you, but I need a God whose train fills the temple about every
day. Therefore, I plan to visualize my
God as High and lifted up.
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