December 9, 2007
Seeking God as the cure for fear
Ps 34:4 - I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
This is a verse you will want to put to memory. There are some great observations here. First, David has many fears like we all do. God delivered David from all fears. God is able to deliver us from all fears. But, the key part of this sentence is the beginning, when David writes, “I sought the Lord.” He will answer but only after we pursue and seek after and go to God with our fears.
Dt 10:12-14 - And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good? To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.
The only thing the Lord asks of us is to fear God. If we fear Him, we will walk in his ways, we will grow in His love and we will serve him without hearts. But, until we have the proper understanding that God belongs in heaven, and that the world is his, we won’t fear him only.
