Do You Fear God?
March 9th, 2010Psalm 55: 19, “19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.”
The NIV says it like so: “19 God, who is enthroned forever,
will hear them and afflict them—
Selah
men who never change their ways
and have no fear of God.”
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2055&version=NIV
I was talking to a Pastor today. We got on the subject of how some people don’t want to change their ways. There are those who want their own selfish ways and they don’t ever plan on turning away from their sins. They may even be sitting in a church near you.
All the people that come through the church doors are not necessarily people that truly want to do things God’s way. A friend of mine was once married to a man that she met in church. He attended church with her all the time. He had asked Jesus in his heart and he was one that many people most probably thought to be a good man. My friend said things were very different at home behind closed doors. She spoke of the ways he treated her in a wrong fashion.
I pondered on the sad truth that many people have to face ugly things behind closed doors. The type of people that pretend to be Christians in front of others but they are able to be abusive to their own family members when God is the only watching them truly must have no sincere fear of the Lord. If they believe in God then surely they know God can see everything they are doing.
I told the Pastor I was talking to today that I heard of a person that declared they did not plan on changing their ways even though their closest family member let them know that the things they were doing behind closed doors just is not right. The Pastor told me about Psalm 55:19.
I read the passage and found myself sorrowful again realizing that there are people that don’t yet know the fear of the Lord. Some of those people may walk through the church doors, they may say lovely prayers, and they may even spend a lot of time in the Bible studying it but if they are not doing what the Bible says they should do by showing love in their own homes they are definitely out of touch with God.
God wants His people to do good and not evil. He wants us to turn from evil ways showing kindness to everyone especially the people in our own homes. God wants His people to hate evil.
If you really have the fear of the Lord that is the beginning of wisdom you will most probably read Ps. 55:19 and ask God to help you go through any changes He wants you to go through. You will pray to turn from evil ways and you will believe God will help you change. God’s Word clearly tell us that repentance is needed in our lives. Repentance is turning away from sin. It’s like taking a U-Turn and saying, “I don’t want to do wrong things any longer.”
You won’t change if you don’t want to change. If you fear God you will welcome change with open arms.
A person can stubbornly choose their own way and end up eating the bitter fruit of having their own way or they can turn away from evil and be blessed.