{"id":12244,"date":"2025-10-03T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12244"},"modified":"2025-10-02T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:49:14","slug":"what-matters-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12244","title":{"rendered":"WHAT MATTERS MOST?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE: <\/strong>All that matters most in life is to fear God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>1 John 3 7-21<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To fear God is to love God.<br \/>The will of God for all is to live for His glory. <em><strong>(Revelation 4:11)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>To live for God is to fear Him.<br \/>To live in the fear of God is for those who observe the word of God to gain fear of God.<br \/><em><strong>Deuteronomy 28:58<\/strong><\/em> informs all,\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>What is taking you away from living by the word of God to gain the fear of God?<br \/>One who fears God will become full of Him.<br \/>All that matters most is living for the glory of God.<br \/><em><strong>Ecclesiastes 12:13<\/strong><\/em> admonishes all, <em><strong>\u201cLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandment, for this is man\u2019s all.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Evidently, to know to fear God is to obey his commandments.<br \/>Obeying the command of God demands full obedience and not half obedience.<br \/>The character of an obedient one is living in the fear of God.<br \/>To fear God is to love Him and dwell and abide in His presence.<br \/>Do you fear God?<br \/>Do you claim to love God?<br \/>Do you obey the words of God?<br \/>Apostle Paul points out that the purpose of the command is to love God. He states, <em><strong>\u201cNow the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk.\u201d (1Timothy 1:5-6)<\/strong><\/em> Paul was not talking about love that flows from the tips of lips.<br \/>Love that counts before God.<br \/>Love that is worthy to provoke the attention of God to acknowledge one for good.<br \/>To love (fear) God is to constantly dwell in His presence (His presence is His word) and not depart from Him.<br \/>God spoke, <em><strong>\u201cThey shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.\u2019\u201d (Jeremiah 32:38-41)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>In the above word of God, it is clear that the fear of God is what qualifies man as the people of God.<br \/>One living by the word of God undeniably takes a position to experience the goodness of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today: <\/strong>Ask that the word of God you observe shall make you fear God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: All that matters most in life is to fear God. 1 John 3 7-21 To fear God is to love God.The will of God for all is to live for His glory. 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