The Gift of In the Fear of the Lord from the Spirit of the Lord

“…shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of…” (Isaiah 11:3)

I wrestled with this for a moment until the Holy Spirit placed my focus on the words “IN THE FEAR OF.” The previous post about piety was fear OF. I’m straight now. Let us have an English moment:

In – is the preposition used when stating a location or a position within something; used to indicate that someone or something belongs to or is included as part of something

Of- is the preposition used when there is a belonging to, relating to, or connected with (someone or something)

Fear- : to be afraid of (something or someone); to have a reverential awe of <fear God>

Now let’s back it up to some key words that glorify the word fear- “quick understanding”. (TYHS) How often is that overlooked? The word fear is the cause of overlooking many things said and done. When this gift is resting upon us from the Spirit of the Lord, I shall be bold to say that we will know things without a doubt, without lagging in thought, and with no afterthoughts or forethoughts; we will have a belonging to “quick understanding in the fear of the Lord.” (poof on the spot!) How cool is that?

Simply put, I believe Acts 9:31 explains what it is to be n fear of the Lord: Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. Do you understand the spiritual aspect of that verse?

 

Let me break it down as to what happens when one has a QUICK UNDERSTANDING:

1. You have rest(relaxation) in the Lord
2. You will be edified(educated) in the Lord
3. You will be in comfort (well-being) of the Holy Ghost
4. Your branches will multiply (grow) in Christ, the root of Jesse
5. You will have complete intimacy with the Lord (Ding! Ding! Knock Out!)

And to mention-with a quick understanding you can be considered a jack of all trades. You are positioned right where God is, connected to and within Him. You are able to do many works that are of His will. You are as the Temptations would sing “Standing on the top”. You will know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) To love God is to be in the fear of God-H.O.L.I.N.E.S.S.

Moses said it best: “…Do not fear, for God has come to test you that the fear of him may be before you that you may not sin.”(Exodus 20:20)

Think deeply about this. Who would you rather live in fear of? When we live in fear of others, what happens? Let me tell ya!

The Happens:

• We are always stressed and depressed
• We are always looking over our shoulders(deficiency in trusting others)
• We have no peace/rest within
• We don’t understand the fear
• We are repetitively sinning
• We have car and house alarm systems just waiting for someone to steal or break into
• We have security guards and alarm systems in place at churches
• We don’t love others unconditionally (1 John 4:18-There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.)
• Hatred runs amuck

I bet you didn’t think of those things as being related to living in fear of others and not fear in the Lord? (TYHS) Let us be reminded my loves, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”(2 Timothy 1:7) I believe that the fear of others comes from that bad spiritual realm. If we are doing wrong, fear automatically comes through that realm. “Know what I mean Vern?”

The bottom line is this:

“In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.” (Proverbs 14:26) “And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.” (Luke 1:50)

My beloved, understand, when a place of refuge/protection can’t be found anywhere else; this verse clearly teaches us that in living in the fear of the Lord, we are guaranteed a place of refuge/protection by our Heavenly Father. We are connected with(of) God. (TYHS) Only the Spirit of the Lord can give us that peace BY RESTING THIS GIFT UPON US. Father, we all pray to receive a quick understanding from the Spirit of the Lord, teach us to stop fearing one another. Prepare our hearts and minds to receive this gift in Jesus name. Amen.

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The Gift of Piety from the Spirit of the Lord

*Piety- n- reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations: the quality or state of being pious: dutiful respect or regard for parents, homeland, etc.:

*Syn.- 1. respect, veneration, awe. 2. godliness, devotion, devoutness, sanctity, holiness, faithfulness

* Hebrew- Yir’ah – fear (of God), respect, reverence, piety

“To sum up, remember that unless piety and your interest be in the same thing, piety cannot be maintained in any man.”-Epictetus

My Key Belief-  Piety in its full manifestation comes directly from the Holy Spirit. Piety at this stage is something we cannot produce on our own. Let us think about what took place on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2.

Using the KJV, Isaiah 11:2 states- And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;-(i.e. Piety)

In this world, fear can be classified as alarming respect. For example, a lot of us have earthly levels of fear, i.e. a fear of flying, animals, truth, and what others do or say to us. The idiom works well here “Once bitten, twice shy” (If somebody is said to be once bitten twice shy, it means that someone who has been hurt or who has had something go wrong will be far more careful the next time.) Experiences of fear are great lessons, yea?

We unconsciously have respect of that fear by staying far away from it as possible and consciously have respect of by remembering the bite. Simply put- Fear of puts us in a position of being controlled by whatever the fear is. With that being said, it leads me to ask what a lot of us ponder in our hearts and mind. Why should we have fear /Yir’ah of the Lord? Specifically, why should we, when He says that He loves us? The reasons will come directly from the Word of God as shared below from Genesis 20 and other chapters about Abraham. I feel the Spirit working in my heart, as I write, so let me pray.

Prayer- Abba Father, Holy Spirit, let the focus and the truth manifest itself from Genesis 20 about piety. Out of all the other verses that speak of piety, you have led me here for a reason. Lord, thank you for the death of things and people you are removing and replacing in my life, even those things I fear letting go of. Lo, Father, I don’t understand why you need me to lose, but I know you will provide and renew in another area away from those and places that hinder my growth in you. All I ask is not to be moved too far away from my children and grandchildren. In Psalm 37, David said “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” You have called me out Lord to walk upon your many oceans without the fear of drowning as I trust in and give you all reverence due you. In Jesus name, let your Spirit lead others who read this to understand where this message fits in their life because your truth is deeper than we can even imagine. Amen. I’ve been led to share this song of worship with you. (TYHS)

This has been put in the order given to me, be not confused. Tis, the season of migration til we get to God’s POINT. (TYHS)

Genesis 20:11 – And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. (What one thinks when one has a reverence of God and others do not) As the story goes, God came to Abimelech in a dream and put fear in which turned to fear of, so that Abimelech does right by a man who already has fear of God. In short, piety was produced by the Holy Spirit of God.

In Genesis 20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Can we agree that this example shows that piety keeps us from sinning against God?

Verse 17 -So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. Can we agree that piety allows one to be healed? Did God show Abimelech love?

Verses 7-8– Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. Can we agree that piety allows us to be obedient to the word of God without giving it a second thought? Can we agree that piety allows us to tell others about God’s power?

Verse 13-15 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. Can we agree that even piety of God exists within those that lie out of fear of what others may say or do to them?(Read the full story about Abraham) Can we agree that piety leads us to wander to get to the place God has set before us through other venues? (Oh Lord! TYHS!)

In closing I believe that upon receiving the gift of Piety from the Spirit of the Lord we can understand migrating to where God wants and needs us to be, forever in His presence.(TYHS):

Genesis 20:1– And Abraham journeyed from thence toward…..

Genesis 18:33 -And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Genesis 12:1– Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Genesis 15:1– After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (God’s POINT)

A Key for you– Having Piety of God and a true interest in Him brings forth His love and shield of protection which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior. For He alone is God.

Many thanks to you beloved readers for stopping by and spending time with my thoughts! I pray that you received a blessing and that you never be led astray by me nor others, from the Word of God.  May the gift of Piety rest upon you. One more gift to go!

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🙂 Sorry! The Holy Spirit wouldn’t let me end this…have to sneak in some Job

Job 4:6- Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

The Gift of Knowledge from the Spirit of the Lord

Good day Beloved! I have reached the gift that I believe gives us the ability to discern between right and wrong; the ability to teach others what is right and wrong ; and the ability to lead by example. 

 

Key Note– Having knowledge means being planted in the Word of God. Was not the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil planted by God? Read Genesis 2:8-9. How ironic is that?  “good and evil” is known to us as ‘right and wrong’ growing on the Tree of Knowledge.   There’s your thought for the day!   😛

At the end of the day, it allows us to DO what is right, because we KNOW what is right. Knowledge defines our character and it defines a relationship of spiritual obedience to the Lord. We are to GROW in knowledge of the Lord.

 

Before moving forward, let me share with you part of a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925:

“The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.

Pleasure without conscience.

Knowledge without character.

Commerce without morality.

Science without humanity.

Worship without sacrifice.

Politics without principle.

Knowledge- “Through God’s words we gain an understanding that God is the one who gives the gift of knowledge- that is an understanding or awareness of something. The Lord however, grants knowledge to those who have an honest relationship with him.” – Courtesy of Biblegateway

So many times in our lives we roam around thinking that we know everything about everything there is to know about everything. Is that sensible? Is that spiritual?

It is sensible to us when we study certain subjects, yet we will never know all there is to know about any one subject. AND… If we think we know everything there is to know about a certain subject we would probably be sufferers of the mental condition known as egoism. That is just plain old worldly general knowledge. The Lord does not want  His people to be lack in His knowledge. His people need to go beyond the realm of general knowledge. We are to gain spiritual knowledge. You know what He said in Hosea 4:6.

It is spiritual to us when we “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15) This describes a person that has an “honest relationship with” God. Such a person KNOWS without a doubt that “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”(John 4:24) Worshipping Him in Spirit and Truth gives the Gift of Knowledge from the Spirit of the Lord, its CHARACTER. (TYHS)

The person that receives this gift is one that is very well-versed in the Word of God. He/she is not only a hearer, or speaker/translator of the word, but is also a doer of the word that he/she makes knowledgeable to others. Such a person has the ability to speak TRUTH where and when truth is needed. I would say that this person have good memorization and recitation skills about the scriptures. Most of us have the knowledge to memorize and recite, but fail to do. (TYHS) What good is it that a man memorizes and recites scriptures but does not what God instructed him to do? Guilty as charged, I am.

Here is something else I found about the manifestation of this gift in others, courtesy of http://www.yourspiritualgifts.com/gift-of-knowledge.html :

Characteristics of Those with This Gift:

– Have a large storehouse of biblical knowledge

– Have a habit of regularly reading and studying the Scriptures and delight in discovering new biblical truths

– Love research and do not mind long hours of biblical study

– Are concerned about biblical accuracy in presentations (class, sermon, devotional)

– Are conscientious about following God’s will and being obedient

Finally beloved, let us remember that each one of the gifts mentioned in Isaiah 11:1-3 were rested upon Jesus by the Spirit of the Lord. We have yet to attain such a position with the Spirit of the Lord to receive all the gifts at once. Let us also remember this fact if nothing else about the gift of knowledge-

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is knowledge in its greatest, truest, and ONLY form.

Paul confirms this in 1 Corinthians 1:4-7- “I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Peter also tells us in 2 Peter 3:18-“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…” and if we believe in God’s law, we ask, and He will “teach us knowledge and good judgement.”(Psalm 119:66)

 

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A Bonus Note– In the beginning and in the end to receive such a gift from the Spirit of the Lord you must “ … be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:2) After all, the mind is where knowledge is stored/planted and used.

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