Fear of God - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2024

Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Psalm 34:11

Fear of God
To fear God is to acknowledge Him as the authority over you and to honour Him by behaving well. We fear doing something that displeases Him.

So how can the fear of God show itself in our lives? Psalm 34 gives us a few points to help us:

Our speech: “Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit” (verse 13). Before we speak, do we always consider whether what we are about to say is true? And if it is true – is it perhaps going to harm someone? How quickly we dishonour our God through careless speech.
Our actions: “Depart from evil and do good” (verse 14a). This is very far-reaching. Every evil deed is an insult to God and therefore does not show the fear of God. If we were always aware that God sees and judges all our actions, we would be saved from many an evil deed. Furthermore, it is important to do what is good and to live righteously. The Roman centurion Cornelius is a good example for us. He was a righteous and God-fearing man who did good deeds to the Jewish people (Acts 10:1, 2, 22).
Our aspiration: “Seek peace and pursue it” (verse 14b). Are we among those who sow discord – or are we peacemakers? Our God is a God of peace. When we are peaceable, we honour Him and demonstrate that we fear Him.

Today’s reading: 1 Samuel 30:11-31 · Colossians 2:6-15