Is 54:4-8 - “Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. For the Lord has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God. For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.
This verses explains the reasons for our fears. We fear being ashamed, confounded and disgraced. What comforting words to Israel and ultimately to us that our Father is committed to us wholly and abundantly. He is our redeemer, our husband and the God of the whole earth. He longs to have compassion in us even in our worst unfaithfulness. If we don’t ever need to fear when we are doing good and when have done bad, we truly never have to fear.
1 Ki 8:41-43 - “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— for men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.
A prayer for the foreigner that God would act on his behalf for the purpose of people knowing His name and Fearing God. When we don’t fear God, we have reason to fear God. Fearing God leads to knowledge and understanding of how life runs and how we should live our lives. Fear disrupts and focuses on us instead of focusing on Him. Fearing God leads to not being ashamed, confounded or disgraced. Fearing God is the answer to not fearing the world.
