The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.—Proverbs 1:7 (NKJV)
Loving and Gracious LORD,
Never allow me to take lightly who You are—to fail to acknowledge that You alone are worthy of all my love, reverence, worship and service, that You alone are truly awesome in glory, power, and majesty, and that You alone should I fear.
Help me to hold onto the
truth that a proper and worshipful fear and reverent respect for who You are is
the very beginning, the ever-firm foundation, the principal part of knowledge—without
which I cannot claim to know anything.
For only in fearing You
and in serving You obediently—so that each of my thoughts is brought into
obedience to Christ—can I profit from the rich blessings that You have promised.
Keep me from the
foolishness of despising wisdom and instruction—thinking that I could know
anything apart from You—and save me from believing that I don’t need Your favor
upon my life, or I don’t need to fear Your wrath for my disobedience.
Never allow me to take lightly who You are—to fail to acknowledge that You alone are worthy of all my love, reverence, worship and service, that You alone are truly awesome in glory, power, and majesty, and that You alone should I fear.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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