Walking in the fear of the Lord

👣Walking in the fear of our Lord

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?

Nehemiah 5:9

Nehemiah speaks about a lot of things, asks a lot of questions. One among them is ,

❓ Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?

🙏🏻When we walk in the fear of our Lord 

📖 We get wisdom(Pro 1:7)
🤝 Prolongs life (Pro 10:27)
💪 Strong confidence (Pro 14:26)
🙌🏻 We will be blessed (Psa 128:1)
💰 Will lack nothing (Psa 34:11)

🤴 King Uzziah

He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God.

2 Chronicles 26:5

Uzziah was instructed in the fear of God and King Uzziah sought God.

🏆 As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.
2 Chronicles 26:6

King Uzziah was very successful and powerful. This success went to his head and led to pride. This pride led to his downfall (26:16)

The person who was taught to walk in the fear of the Lord boldly went to burn incense on the altar which was forbidden. He failed to listen to the priests too. The Lord afflicted him and leprosy broke out on his head.

He lived in a separate house till the day of his death. 

📖Fearing the Lord is to follow His law

And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always,  that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day.

Deu 6:24

Application

So many things can lead us to forget the fear of the Lord

😎Pride
🏆Success
💪Power
😍Desire
🌍 Love for the world

May we be careful and remember King Uzziah and his pride.

May we always remember to walk in the fear of our Lord!