It is remarkable how God can have so many contrasting attributes that almost seem to contradict one another; yet, they never do. God is Merciful. God is Just. God is Holy. God is Forgiving. God is Love. God is to be Feared...The list goes on & on.
Over the past year, the Lord has been highlighting the Love of God in our church body. People have been set free from self-hatred, condemnation, fear, shame, depression--& many have encountered the love of God for the first time.
However, it is inevitable that God will also reveal the Fear of the Lord to us in a manifest way as well, because the revelation of these two attributes balance each other out to form a healthy perspective of God & His relationship toward us. We cannot understand the beauty of His nearness, unless we understand how Holy & transcendant He is. It is unfathomable to the angels that God humbled Himself to become a man.
Only the revelation of the Fear of the Lord can reveal to us how awesome & set apart God is. Lord, we cry out for wisdom & understanding that we may know the fear of the Lord & find the knowledge of God (Prov. 2:1-6).
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