Fear
And he (Adam) said, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself ” (Gen 3:10).
The first mention of fear in the Bible is in the above verse. There is a pure and holy fear of God, and there is an unholy fear. This is the unholy fear of God that leads to further corruption of the soul, and causes us to run from Him instead of to Him.
The holy fear of God would never cause us to attempt to hide from Him. The holy fear of God is rooted in the knowledge that He is God and no one can hide from Him. It acknowledges that He is all knowing, and we at best know very little. The holy fear of God is the “beginning of wisdom” (see Prov. 9:10) because it acknowledges that we need help from Him to know anything accurately.
The unholy fear of God is rooted in the poisonous fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This fear is not rooted so much in who God is, but in our own self-centeredness. This is the fear that causes us to try to hide from God and one another. This causes the facades and pretensions that so dominate the relationships of fallen men.
Unholy fear is rooted especially in the fear of rejection. Because man was created to have fellowship with God and one another, rejection is one of the most painful human experiences, and one of the most crippling fears that dominates the human race. Rejection will either cause one to cower in hiding, or try to dominate others so you will always be the first to do the rejecting. Therefore, it takes great faith in God to come out of hiding in spite of our own nakedness. It takes great faith to be vulnerable, but this is the first step toward redemption and restoration.
- Praise God for bringing us to the sixth Gregorian month – June.
- Instruct everything in creation at every given moment of the month to praise the Lord as you proclaim into the womb of creation. Ps 148
- Declare Psalm 24 to all of creation in this month. Command every gate and every ancient doorway of the month to be lifted up, for the King of Glory to come and reign over everything.
- Ask the Lord to channel the course of this month the way He has purposed and planned it because He created and owns the month.(Mat 7:7; Mat 21:22 )