May 11, 2021
Dearly Beloved in Christ, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our God, who created and formed us and who never ever forgets us. The blessed word that God has given for you, today is from the book of Psalms 119:38, “Establish Your word to your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You.”
From the above passage we see how David asks God to teach him His statutes, and to help him apply them in his life. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding about His word. Unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, we will not be able to understand His word. So God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in His statutes. David says, “Quicken me in thy way; to redeem time, and to do every duty with liveliness of spirit. The promises of God’s word greatly impress the children of God. When we enjoy the sweetness of God’s precepts, it will make us long for more acquaintance with His word. By saying, “Establish thy word unto thy servant”. David asks God to confirm it; make it seem firm and true; let not my mind be vacillating in regard to thy truth. This seems to be a prayer against the influence of doubt and scepticism; a prayer that doubts might not spring up in his mind, and that the objections and difficulties of scepticism might have no place there.
David feared not only God but also the word of God. It may mean that he was among those who feared the Lord. “When the Bible talks about fearing God, it is usually referring to an attitude of reverence and respect, not terror. The fear of the Lord conveys a positive reverence. God said, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “Moses tells this to the people of Israel,-So that they may fear the Lord. But to those of you who are reading this message, I want to introduce you to what King David believed was the Key to everything – the Fear of the Lord. David feared God from an early age and it gave him great wisdom that prepared the way for him to become a wise and powerful king. “So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants … And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the LORD was with him .Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.”
King David’s son, Solomon, also wanted to be a wise king and asked God to give him an understanding heart to judge the people of Israel, to discern between good and evil. So at Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, ‘Ask! What shall I give you?’ And Solomon said: ‘You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king of Israel. And I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted. Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours? Then God said to him: ‘Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.”
Discerning between good and evil is what everything is about in our life. Go back to the beginning to see what God said to Adam in the Garden? “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” But what did Adam do? He ate the fruit which his wife, Eve gave it to him. The moment they ate of the tree, which God had forbidden, “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew what is good and evil. Wisdom is discerning between good and evil and choosing to do good rather than evil. The key that opens the door to that wisdom is “the fear of the Lord.” Solomon was a wise king, at least during the early years of his reign. Here are some of his thoughts about what he knew about fearing God. He says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, And before honour is humility.”
Dearly Beloved, Are you walking in the ways of God, like these men? Do you fear God.? Do people recognize your behaviour, as a Child of God? Are you like worldly men who cheat, bribe, and speak lies , with others for a petty matter ? If you fear the Lord and walk in his ways, then God will be pleased with you, and bless you. He will exalt you like King David who started his life as a shepherd boy. Try walking in the ways of God. Test God and see how it works to be a true Child of God. May God enable you to walk in the fear of the Lord, after reading this message. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord we thank You for teaching us through this message the importance to fear God. And obey His Precepts. We thank You for setting before us models like David, Solomon and Job who feared God and were led by the Holy Spirit, through which they were able to walk in the fear of God and His righteousness.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
