The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
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Protection from our enemies. Listen to Psalm 34 verse 7. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and he rescues them. how many would like to have a life a better quality of life a life that is marked with riches and honor and life listen to what proverbs 22 verse 4 says the key to a better quality of living is the fear of god the reward of humility and the fear of the lord are riches honor and life given all of the benefits that the bible associates with fearing god it should be no surprised that at the beginning of the book of Proverbs, Solomon gives this foundational principle for success in life. Proverbs 1, 7 says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Now you may be asking yourself the natural question, well pastor, if that's true, if the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, why are you ending this series talking about the fear of God? Why are you making it the 10th Solomon's secret instead of the first one when we started this series. Well, here's the interesting thing. The Bible says the fear of God is both the beginning of wisdom, but it's also the end result of wisdom. Over in Proverbs 2 verses 4 and 5, Solomon says, if you will seek wisdom as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures, then you will discern the fear of the Lord and discover …
… And I think that sometimes gets short shrift. I think that sometimes we don't say quite enough about that. Those who know God, they delight in Him. Psalm 34, verse 7, they delight in His Word. Ten times in the 119th Psalm, we are told that. They delight in His works. Psalm 111, verse 2. They delight in His will. Psalm 40, verse 2. They delight in knowing God and knowing the fellowship of God, knowing the presence of God, experiencing God's nearness. The nearness of God is my good, the psalmist says in the 73rd Psalm. And the New Testament picks up the theme, 2 Corinthians 4, 6, for God who said, let light shine out of darkness has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. In other words, in His presence. And we just finished reading from the 21st chapter of the book of Revelation, and you would say something of the culmination of that passage, 22 verses 1 through 7, is that the people of God, in the presence of God, they will see His face. In other words, they will enjoy His presence. Psalm 16, in His presence is the fullness of what? …
… while we pray. Psalm 34, verses 4 through 7. And you sing some more, you read some more, you pray some more, you express your fears to God, you lift them up to the Lord. Will you then be able to fall asleep? Probably. but even if you don't your heart will be at peace dear friend it is not god's will that you lead a life marked by anxiety and fear it's just not you say my mom was a worrier i'm a or your hogwash. You can unlearn that habit. Everybody's anxious. You don't have to be everyone. You have the presence of the Holy Spirit within you. The same one who hovered over the deep, the same one who descended like a dove, the same one who took care of Paul and Silas in prison will do for you what my daughter did for her little boy. His name, my grandson's name, is Max. Yeah, I'm named after him. he's eight years old now, but at the age of 16 months, he had his first haircut. …