Day 32~ God Delights in those who Fear Him

Psalm 147:10-11;

"His pleasure is not in the strength of his horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior; the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love."

Our God delights in those who fear him.

What does this mean?

Well, to put it simply, those who fear God won't do anything wrong. 
Why?
Well, because they know of his mighty power and all the amazing and extraordinary things he has done and so they are aware that he holds life and death in his hands.

Of course, it doesn't mean that we have to be afraid of our creator himself, but we need to realize that he is in complete control and he has power that's beyond anything we can ever understand. Knowing this helps us to fear him and not wish to displease him in word, action or thought.

Naturally, it's not always easy to do the right things, even when we fear God, but don't worry, we all sin and fall short of God's glory, this is why Jesus was sent to bridge the gap between us and our Heavenly Father, but as God fearing people, we know the difference between right and wrong and we know when we must humble ourselves and ask for God's forgiveness.

The Psalmist tells us that the Lord is not pleased by the strength of his horse or his soldiers, but he delights in those who fear him.

God loves those who fear him.
He loves those who fear him because they respect him and he can rely on them to do what is right.

Job was a God fearing man.
We know this because even his wife told him, after all that he had gone through, that he should curse God and die, but what was Job's response?

Job replied in Job 2:10

"You are talking nonesense! When God sends us something good, we welcome it. How can we complain when he sends s trouble?"

He also said in Job 13:15,
"Though he slay me, yet I will trust in him..."

When God sends us troubles, it's quite conterintuitive to respond in such a way. Usually, we may ask God, 'Why me?'

But Job was God fearing and so his faithfulness saved him.

I hope that we too can fear God so that he may delight in us and rely on us to be his faithful servants.