As you might guess from the title, I have been working with my granddaughter on her letters. And I might add, that she is absolutely brilliant! She just turned 4, and she not only knows all of her letters, but she also knows what sound they make. She is also starting to learn some sight words. She will be reading before we know it!
Anyway, I digress, lol. I have started a new Bible study with some friends of mine. The first week speaks of fearing the Lord. Proverbs 1:7 says, ' The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
I began to think of words that begin with F, spiritual words. Like, fear...the meaning here in Proverbs is not meaning to be afraid, but to be reverent, in awe of. Those that have knowledge, have a fear of the Lord. When you are in awe of, or respect for something, you take care of it. You think about it, you learn about it. Thus, fear is the beginning of knowledge in the Lord. Then that verse gives us another F, fool. A fool is someone who will not listen, whose actions are not wise, silly. You cannot teach a fool. They aren't interested in learning.
Instead we should stay focused. Looking and paying attention to a certain thing. If we are focused on the cross, then all other aspects of our lives will be put into perspective. What about the word follow? What are you following? A job, a hobby, a spouse, a friend? Be careful who or what you are following. If our focus is on the cross, then we will follow Christ. This will then increase our faith! Faith is not believing that God can...it is knowing that God will!
Family and friend are two more words that begin with F. When we think of family, we usually think of the blood line that bonds people. That is certainly family. But, it can also be our church family, or a group that we hold dear. Friends are a special blessing, and can most certainly be part of our family as well. Proverbs 18:24 says, "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."
What about the words famine and feast? The old testament tells us many times where famines plagued the land, and it also tells times of feasts. Don't we have both of these in our spiritual walk? Some times we get into a spiritual famine, we are at a low time, we don't get into His Word like we should, our prayer life dwindles, and we are left without any spiritual food. Then there are times we are on the mountain! Everything is going great and we are in a spiritual revival and the feast begins!
I could go on, but I will end with the word final. Hebrews 9:27, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" Where will you spend eternity? None of us are immune from death. When that final day arrives, where will you open your eyes? I thank God for the day He dealt with a seven yr. old girl and told her she was lost and going to hell. And, I am thankful that as a seven year old girl, I accepted Christ as my Saviour! As we continue in the year, 2017, I want the fear of the Lord to increase in me, I want to stay focused on Him, follow Him faithfully, through famines as well as feasts, and finally hear Him say, 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant'!
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