Fear is Good

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
FEAR IS GOOD
Prov 14:16
16 A wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil,
but a fool is hotheaded and reckless.
NIV
What is wise about fearing God? It would seem appropriate to see this in contrast to that of a fool who lives his life is the consent pursuit of self-indulgence without regard for any moral value established by God. If a person is classified by God as a fool and does live a reckless life, refusing to acknowledge the values established by God, he will also know in the end to fear God. People may well live in accordance with some form of moral value that has been established by men, being what would be considered as “Good people” by the world, but if they do not fear God, they are still living as fools. If they refuse to acknowledge God as the creator of all things including their own self, they are fools. If they refuse to acknowledge God as the trinity he has declared himself to be, they are fools. If they believe the bible was actually written by the mind of man, without the expressed influence from the Spirit of God, they are fools. How can they put they faith in any book written by man about events that preceded their life as truth if they refuse to accept the bible as truth? If they do that they are fools. In the end of life, these people will see the foolish way of they life, as they are sent away from the presence of God for all eternity. If it a wise choice to fear God and live according to his precepts and to turn away from that foolish life of self-indulgence. Sure a wise man still falls short of the standard of God. Yes, they is still sin that befalls the wise man, but he knows when he fails and seeks the forgiveness of God knowing his love and forgiveness for those who seek to follow his ways. Yes, God would certainly love to forgive those fools as well, if they would only turn from their ways and seek him, but is appears some will never do that. I have left the reckless life behind, and I therefor am a wise man for I fear the Lord. In this case fear is good.