[James Settle]

I am so thankful to know the Son. Proverbs 9:10 says “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” (James, 2019) I thank God for a healthy reverence or fear of Him. 1 John 5:12 helps us to further understand that same reverence and fear, should extend to the Lord Jesus Christ. More than that when we fear, or esteem the Lord in his proper respect, we realize we don’t have anything to fear from man at all. When we are reconciled to God through salvation in Jesus Christ, we have proper relationship with God, and as we build relationship with Him through prayer & reading of the word we are made more and more into the image of God. Christ has given us power over all the power of the enemy & if God is for us he is more than the entire world against us. So even in perilous times not only can we rely on the Father to take care of us, but he has given us power to overcome the enemy ourselves with the help of the Holy Spirit. Those are just a few scriptures that help me in times when the fears and doubts of life try to creep in.

References

James, K. (2019). Holy Bible: King James Version, 1611 Edition.