Fear of the Lord

¹¹ Come, my children, listen to me;
   I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
¹² Whoever of you loves life
   and desires to see many good days,
¹³ keep your tongue from evil
   and your lips from telling lies.
¹⁴ Turn from evil and do good;
   seek peace and pursue it. 

PSALM 34:11 - 14 (NIV)

As followers of Christ, we hear a lot about doing the will of God and living in the fear of the Lord. Yes, we know that it is good to do what God wants.

I have been thinking sometime about what the 'fear' of the Lord is. We fear death, diseases, natural calamities, failure, wild animals, dark places, drowning, etc. However, the fear of the Lord seems to be different from these forms of fear.

The fear of the Lord may be most closely compared to the fear of our parents. We respect them and do their will out of love. We do not want to bring them trouble, discomfort, etc because of the sacrifices they have done for us. And we feel indebted to repay them to the best of our capabilities.

The above passage from Psalm 34 invites us to learn the fear of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is to not speak lies or do evil, but to turn away from them and to do good, to seek peace and pursue it as a livelong goal.

The passage also says that those who fear the Lord will be blessed with long life and many good days. This is in direct agreement with the promise of Ephesians 6:1-3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—  “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

Notice that in the above passage from Ephesians, obedience to parents should be 'in the Lord'. This is very important because as humans, parents may also at times impose themselves on children to do wrong things. So, for God's promise to come true, the act of obedience should be in accordance with what the Lord will approve.

I pray that you and I can put these passages into practice and 'fear God' in our lives.

NUNGZUIHNA LEH LAISIANGTHOU

 Huchiin, Jesu a gingta judate kiangah, Ka thu a na om gige uleh, ka nungjuite na hi taktak ding uh;

Johan 8:31

Toupa itna lamdang mahmah ziakin a tapa tang neihsun, Jesu Khrist, Khros ah I khelhnate apan hon hondam dingin ahon sawl a. Jesu hotdamna nasep gingta a sangte din Pathian tate hihtheihna piak in I omta hi.

Khristian ihih nungin, Jesu Khrist nungzuitu ihi masapen hi. Nungzui kichi thil  tuamtuam genna ahi thei a. Siamsinten a heutute uh thuhilhte a zuih sek mah bang un, en le Jesu hon thuhilhte kisin a izuih zel ding ahi.

Jesu nungzuiten athu bang zel a niteng hinkhua zat zel I sawm ding ahi. Jesun nungzui taktak chiamtehna a agen chu, Pathian thu ah om gige te ahi uhi.

Khovel khualzinna ah Laisianthou hi I khawnvak ding, mial laka lampi hon tanvak tu ding ahi. Huaikia hilou in Pathian thu ahing in, thil ahihthei a, namsau hiamtuah toh ana ki teh hial hi. Khrist sepaih ihihna ah, Setan douna galvan poimoh penpen te laka khat Laisiangthou ahi. Jesu nangawn in khem a a om lai in Laisiangthou zangin Setan ana zou chih thei gige ni.

Johan in ‘Ka tate thutakah a om uh chih ka jak kana kipahna thupi jaw himhim ka neikei hi.’ ana chi a, Samuel in, ‘...kithoihna sangin thuman a hoihjaw a, belamtal thau sangin a thu zuih a hoihjaw hi.’ ana chih bang in Laisianthou a kigelh te niteng in simin zui thei le, ei adingin ahoih dia, Pathian kipahna leh vualzawlna tuntu ahi ding hi.