Apr
19
Fear and Honor
By Julie B Cosgrove | Comments Off
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. (1 Peter 2:17 ESV)
We should fear God, but honor those whom God, who is in control, has put into office to govern us. Sound advice in an election year when most of what we hear, and will hear iuntil November , is negative about the candidates by either the biased media or the opposing campaign. Whether it is the local school board superintendent or the president of the United States, by the time they are elected they have so much mud slung onto them, it is hard to see through it. But God does. So should we.
Jan
23
F.E.A.R.
By Julie B Cosgrove | 5 Comments
I was in a workshop over the weekend, listening to a motivational speaker who said it is fear that keeps people from being their potential. It was a secular organization, so I know he couldn’t mention God. He danced around the fact that we need God to find strength and purpose outside of ourselves. As I wrote notes on his lecture, it hit me what fear really is -
Forgetting the Eternal Almighty Reigns.
Nov
29
Lifted
By Julie B Cosgrove | Comments Off
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. Psalm 3:3
I admit there are days I really do not want to turn on the TV, or hear anymore bad news- no tsunamis, no earthquakes, no wrecks, child abductions gone awry or stormy economic forecasts. I want to be an ostrich and bury my head in my own sand-pile, thank you. Dealing with my little world and my problems, and those of my friends and family, is more than enough to keep my head spinning. What can I do to “save the world” anyway? It is out of control and out of my reach. Ever feel that way, too?
Apr
7
Meshed Emotions
By Julie B Cosgrove | Comments Off
So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Matthew 28:8
Two opposite emotions meshed into one – fear and great joy.
Have you ever witnessed a miracle? If you have, then you understand how these two feelings can well up inside you and press against your chest so hard it makes your heart ache. You have unexplainable joy that a prayer has been answered, even the one prayed deep within you that you could just not express in words. It is the joy of a child getting his or her fondest Christmas wish times a hundred fold. It really takes your breath away and brings tears gushing.
Feb
1
The Art of Fearing God
By Jan Ross | Comments Off
Understanding the depth of love and the forgiveness of God leads us into fear of God. Not fear in the sense of being afraid of Him, but awe, reverence, and the deepest respect! However, coming to understand the depth of His love comes only by spending time with Him, thirsting after Him on a daily basis, never allowing our thirst to be quenched!
“If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.” (Psalm 130:3-4)
Jan
12
The Faith-Killer
By Jan Ross | 1 Comment
How easy it is to forget! Psalms 103 admonishes us to “forget not all His benefits” yet the disciples, even though they had been with Jesus when the loaves and fishes were multiplied and He fed the thousands, they soon forgot this obvious miracle when fear gripped their hearts in the midst of the storm.
“For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.” (Mark 6:52)
We are so much like the disciples; we so soon forget His benefits. We forget the wondrous works He performed yesterday when today’s problems seem to grip our hearts. It’s almost as if our hearts become hardened because of fear.
Dec
3
True Fear
By Jan Ross | Comments Off
Have you ever wondered why there seems to be so much evil in the world today? According to Proverbs 16:6, it could be that the answer is simple: There is no fear of the Lord.
“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.” (Proverbs 16:6)
The “fear of God” referred to here indicates much more than reverential awe and respect. The Psalmist tells us in Psalm 25:14 that we can’t receive the full revelation of God’s covenant until his fear is deeply rooted in us: “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant“. This verse connects an understanding of the covenant with the fear of God. In short, all revelation is tied to his holy fear.
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