{"id":9735,"date":"2022-04-05T03:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T03:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9735"},"modified":"2022-04-05T03:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T03:35:07","slug":"to-fear-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9735","title":{"rendered":"TO FEAR GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong>\u00a0Fear God, keep to Him, seek Him, serve Him to follow Him fully!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 12:23-32<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book of\u00a0Ecclesiastes 12:13<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0states,\u00a0\u201cLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man\u2019s all.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0
To fear God and to keep His command is encased in seeking God.\u00a0
To fear and know to seek God will serve God.\u00a0
To serve God is to follow God in His word.
Fear God, keep to Him, seek Him, serve Him to follow Him fully!
Jesus points out,\u00a0\u201cIf anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.\u201d(John 12:26)<\/em><\/strong>
The conclusion of the whole matter is: Fear God to experience the presence of God.
Seeking God leads to serving Him.\u00a0
In serving God is to follow Him.\u00a0
Jesus declares clearly,\u00a0\u201cIf anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.\u201d (John 12:26)<\/em><\/strong>
Are you serving God fully?
Are you serving God for your material gain?
Search yourself to identify how you are serving God.
Apostle Paul encourages,\u00a0\u201cI beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.\u201d(Romans 12:1)<\/em><\/strong>
With understanding, know to serve God sacrificially that your serving God is acceptable before God alone.\u00a0
Do not serve God casually but serve God by following God fully as Jesus requests saying,\u00a0\u201cIf anyone serves Me, let him follow Me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
Following Jesus means putting all away to follow him.
Following Jesus is walking in Him.\u00a0
Mark 8:34\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>records the expectation for being followed,\u00a0\u201cWhen He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, \u201cWhoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
Do you have a desire to follow Jesus?\u00a0
Jesus called the disciple out of fisher of fish to fishers of men.
Matthew 4:19\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>records,\u00a0\u201cThen He said to them, \u201cFollow me and I will make you fishers of men.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
Serving Him is following Him.\u00a0
Following Him is a sacrifice by giving up everything for Him.\u00a0
To follow Him is not to be a spectator but to be a fisher of men, living life to the glory of God.\u00a0
The calling for all to follow Him is not as a slave-master but a saving master of all.\u00a0
Matthew 19:28\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>records the reward for all that follows Him,\u00a0\u201c\u2026Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0
Serve Him fully to experience the fullness of the reward for following God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer for today: <\/strong>Ask God to enable you to fear Him and follow Him fully.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0Fear God, keep to Him, seek Him, serve Him to follow Him fully! John 12:23-32 The book of\u00a0Ecclesiastes 12:13\u00a0states,\u00a0\u201cLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man\u2019s all.\u201d\u00a0To fear God and to keep His command is encased in seeking God.\u00a0To fear and know to … Continue reading TO FEAR GOD<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9736,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735\/revisions\/9736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}