Reverence plus God equals wisdom
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. – Proverbs 9:10
Wait what? Fear? Doesn’t God love us? Are we supposed to be afraid of Him? Well, yes and no.
Love is the greatest
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. – 1 Corinthians 13:13
These three things will always be, even into eternity. But won’t faith give way to actually seeing and being with Jesus? Won’t hope be replaced with the reality of heaven?
The Lord always gets me through
The Lord will keep you from evil. He will watch over your soul and watch over your coming and going, both now and forever. – Psalm 121:7-8
Do you ever face evil? Every day!
There’s no doubt about my faith
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. – James 1:6
Faith can be delicate. It just doesn’t make sense sometimes. Like a wave it goes up and down and to and fro, we go back and forth between belief and doubts.
Faith is greater than fear
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. – Isaiah 43:2
No matter what circumstances life throws at us, we have no fear: Floods. Fires. Calamity. Uncertainty. Sickness. Threats. Anxiety. Peril. Menace. Apprehension. Catastrophe. Disaster. Trouble. Crisis. Confusion. Hardship.
God does wonderful things
Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. – Isaiah 25:1
No one has better plans for you than the Lord God.