Je 30:10-11 - “Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid. For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
Do not fear declares the Lord. Once again, this command is followed by a promise. Do not fear for I am with you. I will save you. I will see that you will have quiet and ease and that no one should make you afraid. We do not need to fear because God is with us.
2 Ki 17:27-28 - Then the king of Assyria gave this order: “Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires.” So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the LORD.
God commands us to fear Him. Fearing Him is worshipping Him. When the priest was required to teach the people what God requires, the result was teaching the people how to worship. We cannot worship God fully when we fear something else. Worship consumes fear of temporary things and produces a healthy fear in the eternal God.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
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