The Devotional - 1499 - To Fear the LORD is to Trust Him

The Devotional – 1499 – To Fear the LORD is to Trust Him.

Proverbs 29:25 – The FEAR of man brings a SNARE, but whoever trusts in the LORD; SHALL be SAFE. (The word safe, also means secure, or literally to be set above the snare).

Comments and Challenges:

How much do we rely on the Living Word of God to retain our daily VICTORY over fear? Should I say “VERY LITTLE” since we fail to see that “fear” distorts “truth”, the LORD Jesus expresses His concern for this subject of fear and worry and its effects on the persons who fear. Matthew 23:23-24 – Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Over the past few weeks we have looked somewhat intently at God’s Will for the heavens and the earth. What is His Will? His Will is for us to know and understand in our soul that the Law of the LORD is PERFECT and that it has the power to “convert and restore the soul” back to Him to whom it belongs. That His testimonies of creation and His lovingkindness to all generations are provided to you and me in order to make us wise in the things of God; rather than the things of the world.

Also that the “statutes” of Him are so wonderful that not a star will fall from the universe nor will a sparrow drop to the ground without God’s knowledge or approval. This should rejoice our hearts at all times, even in the times of uncertainty. His commandments are “PURE” what blessing this is to the torment of a day, while we hear from man “trust me” the overriding purity of God’s commandments give encouragement and light to our weary human eyes.

Then in our text this morning we see that if our fear is directed at the details of living life, it becomes and overwhelming fear or snare; but whoever TRUSTS or FEARS the LORD is secure. Secure and safe because the JUDGMENTS of the LORD are TRUE, these are RIGHTEOUS for all those who abide in the Living Word of God.

So do not be as the religious crowds of today who, like the scribes and Pharisees of the past replaced “faith” in God, for “works” in religion. Justice, mercy and faith in God are truly, easier for the soul to digest and more pleasing to God than a camel load of tithing. In our trust in God we are reminded that there is the approved and the disapproved worker in the kingdom of God and His Christ. Seek always God’s approval. 2 Timothy 2:14-19.