God often allows things we do not understand: poverty, illnesses, suffering, death. He welcomes your questions. Questions are allowed. But we are not called to ask questions. We are called to worship God, to fall on our faces in awe and reverence and fear. And such fear is not crippling, it is empowering.
The Fear of God is not a crippling fear, but an empowering fear.
Read Revelation chapters 6-7 (or chapters 6-12…).
When you see the throne of God, the Ancient of Days, surrounded by ten thousand angels and believers numbering ten thousand times ten thousand,
When you see His glory, the brilliant light brighter than a thousand suns,
When you see heavenly creatures who defy description with names no human can pronounce,
When you see the awesome and holy majesty of a God who is older than time itself, whose infinite mind of genius created everything that exists,
How can you not fall down and worship Him?
Even when you have questions He does not answer—He is worthy of your praise, your heart, your absolute reverence. And His Word, the Bible, deserves your obedience and respect.
Read the Bible. Study it, memorize it, submit your life to it. There is no other authority on which to base decisions. He is the Ancient of Days, the Great King over all the earth, and He gave you 66 books of wisdom and guidance for life. It is the greatest treasure you possess. Treat it like the treasure it is.
If (WHEN) the Bible bores you, ask God for help. Ask Him to guide you to read the right parts, to study the things that will be most relevant right now, and to fill you with an all-consuming love and hunger for the Word.
Ask Him to help you submit yourself to the authority of God’s Word.
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