The Coronavirus Has Brought Fear and Uncertainty, but Remember that “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge”

MESSAGE SUMMARY: 

We are told by the prophet Isiah that God is the awesome God who put it all into effect by creating everything. Therefore, you should not be surprised to learn, in Proverbs 1:7 and 3:13,  that fear and respect for our  “awesome God” is smart: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction . . . Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding," Also, our “awesome God”, In Isaiah 64:11-13, is disappointed in being snubbed by His chosen people, the Jews. However, Isiah describes how pleased God is with being welcomed by the Gentiles: “’But you who forsake the LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny, I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in.’ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame.’". God takes care of His own. Those who wait upon {seek} the Lord will not be disappointed. Malachi presents, in Malachi 4:1-3, God’s support for those who fear His name and who will be spared as He punishes evildoers: “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts.".

 

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION: Today, I affirm that because I am in Jesus Christ, I will not be ashamed of the Gospel. I will not be ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes (including me). (From Romans 1:16).

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE (ESV): Deuteronomy 28:58; Nehemiah 4:1-11; Malachi 4:1-6; Psalms 66b:11-20.

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