He pleases among the nations." This book is divided into 10 chapters, each one focusing on God's divine character and why we don't need to strive to be that way. The fear of the LordĬomprehends the fact that the Father we are taught to call "ours" isĪlso the Lord of the universe, enthroned between the cherubim, doing as God who is near to us and a God who transcends. "in heaven," with a name that is hallowed above all others. Of the Lord acknowledges is that he is not only that. He is mercifully and gloriously that Father. God that the Lord's Prayer endearingly refers to as "Our Father." And he Is the start of becoming wise." "My conception of God was that he was approachable and accessible, the Limits, and therefore, utterly unlike anyone or anything we know. When weįear God rightly, we recognize him for who he truly is: a God of no Understand that God's wrath toward us is satisfied at the cross. Christ, our Mediator, assures us that we may approach the throne "When we fear the Lord rightly, we do so not as those who are terrified This might not be new to some people, but for me, it refined my perspective about God. She pondered upon Proverbs 9:10, that says " The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom," and finds its' true meaning in Hebrews 12:18-29: worshipful reverence and awe, not cowering dread, define a right fear of the Lord. However, Jen Wilkin refined my understanding by bringing up some Bible verses to clarify the true meaning of 'fear of the Lord'.
Some people translated the 'fear of the Lord' as not wanting to grieve God. Throughout the years, a lot of people convinced me that we do not need to fear God because our God is loving and kind. The opening chapter captured me right away when she discussed about the true definition of 'fear of the Lord'. And this book definitely exceeds my expectation! Just like when I read In His Image, Jen Wilkin shared a lot of profound truths and made me rethink about my beliefs and faith. I finally pick this book up because it's relatively short and I'm sure I would love it. Until it's the end of the year and I'm contemplating on what to read as my last book in 2019. To be honest, it has been sitting on my bookshelves for quite sometime since I purchased it 😅. After reading that book, I decided to buy None Like Him -which is an older book of hers, because I really enjoyed her writing.
I've been a huge fan of Jen Wilkin's writing ever since I read her book, In His Image. I propose we learn holy fear for a God like no other"
"Life is too short and too precious to spend fearing the wrong things in
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