"Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways."
The psalm goes on and enumerates the wonderful blessings (wife like a fruitful vine, children like olive shoots around your table) but I was caught by the insight that the fear of the Lord is expressed by walking in His ways. I conclude that obedience is an evidence of "fear". Now that, I can understand.
The classic story of the two dogs that represent the good and the bad side of ourselves, battling within us for control of our behavior, was brought to mind in another reading I came across recently. The victor in the battle is the one that gets fed. The question is, how do I feed the good dog or starve the bad dog. I have been working on a scripture memorization project and also cutting back on "escapist" reading. I do not believe there is anything inherently wrong in escapist reading, but, for me, it contributes to my tendency to isolation. I have made a commitment to eliminate (for a season) escapist reading and to give more attention to my scripture memory project. Please ask me how that is going for me. In my daily report that will be reflected in the use of time score. As long as you see a 5 in that category, that means escapist reading has not been a part of that days activity. I believe that this is one way that I can be improving in the fear of the Lord and hope to see a wife that is like a fruitful vine (just kidding, Holly).
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