Sometimes I read things and want to share them, but their too long for Twitter and I try to let that also be my standard for Facebook statuses as well. Don't want to get out of hand and clog some newsfeed.
Anyway. I've been reading (I won't tell you how long) When People are Big and God is Small and just wanted to share a quick exert from what I read last night. The chapter is talking about Growing in the Fear of the Lord and this specific section was talking about growing in the fear of the Lord by looking at God's wrath. Here is a quick link from Tim Keller on what it means to "fear" God. Now to what I read:
We have been rescued from deadly peril and endless pain. But as we get farther from the day we were rescued, do we remember what we were saved from? Do we remember that we should have been crushed by God's wrath? Do we realize that, from our perspective, the cross is the greatest injustice that there will ever be: The Perfect One crushed in the place of sinners? And do we remember that there will be a divine judgement when God's wrath will be revealed (Rom. 2:5)? Hell teaches us about the fear of the Lord.Mmmmm. That's so good. As we have been going through the Old Testament in Downline this semester I am reminded that one of the greatest things I can learn from the Israelites is my constant need to remember what the Lord has saved me from, and to let that drive me to fear the Lord and know that when I learn to fear the God of ALL, all of my others fears (no matter what they may be) vanish.
"I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land." Psalm 143:5-6
Christa
