Do I revere and fear the Lord?

The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil.

Pride and arrogance and the way of evil

and perverted speech I hate Proverbs 8: 13

The fear or awe of God is hatred of evil. In other words, if I do not honour and love the Lord, I do not hate evil. If someone is murdered, I do not hate it. If someone is sexually abused, I do not hate it. If someone worships humanity, I do not hate it. But once I revere God, my inner being can finally identify evil with my stomach revolting against it, my anger is aroused against it, and I am sick. It is only God’s presence and reverence which makes me fully cognizant about the truth of evil. It humbles me to realize that if I neglect time with the Lord for only a short period of time, the full impact of evil on my soul is dulled. Without continual communion with Him, I become numb to the evil around me, I become complacent to things that are against God, and I become less acutely aware of the spirit behind the actions and words being spoken. It leaves me wondering if I am becoming blasé about the war in Myanmar, the war in Ukraine, the killing of unborn, the manipulation of humanity via social media.. Is my acute awareness of those things that break the heart of God gone? May it not be so. May I not be a tolerant Canadian but, instead, a passionate follower of Christ. May the fear of the Lord continue to keep my hatred of evil and the love of others passionate and acute.

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