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so i've been pretty familiar with the concept found in proverbs 9:10, "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight," but yesterday as i was reading proverbs 8, verse 13 really stood out to me, "the fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech i hate"!
so check it out: the fear of the Lord is:
- the beginning of wisdom
- hatred of evil
which of course reminds me of romans 12:9 (which i totally botched when quoting it at rise-up!) "let love be genuine. abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good." and what is the basis for the commands in romans 12? our understanding of God's mercy for us. (12:1)
hmmmm - so my life attitude comes ultimately from me having a proper perspective of who God is and what He has done.... and my actions spring from my attitude...
God - help me to focus on You, growing in wisdom and love for You, and help me to HATE what You hate.
