Fear of the Lord

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.  (Proverbs)

Sid

To me fearing the Lord means knowing and honoring the God of heaven.  He holds our very breath in His hands.  All things come for Him and through Him, (Epistles).  We can receive nothing unless it is given us from heaven says John the Baptist.  

20 years ago I was laying on my bed with terminal cancer, devastated and weakened by chemo as well as metastatic aggressive breast cancer.  I knew I would meet my Maker.  It took me being on my death bed before I acknowledged that I needed Jesus to get me to heaven.  With my soul hanging in the balance I learned the fear of the Lord since then.  I received Him as my Savior.  He immediately took all fear of death off me.   A few months later, Jesus had mercy on me and did a miracle of healing.  He took all cancer out of my body, and He blew a living hope into me.  His goodness, grace and forgiveness has upheld  me ever since.  

Fearing the Lord can be summed up by Scripture: 

 ... I.. beg you to live a life worthy of your calling, for you have  been called by God. (Eph. 4:1b,dNLT)   So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord (Jesus) and please Him in every way... (Col 1:10a)  The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. (Phil. 1:27 aISV)   So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do. (2 Thess. 1:11 NLT)