The Fear of the Lord
Dearest Ones, I am delighted today to share a new topic with you - "the fear of the Lord." [Isa. 11:2, 3.] This subject is all throughout Scripture, but do you really know what this means? It certainly is not to fear me as one fears the lash of a slave master, for my thoughts toward you are thoughts of peace and not of evil. [Jer. 29:11.] But the kind of fear that I am referring to is the highest form of respect, for it means to revere me as your Creator and Lord. It is the basis of a relationsh