THE LETTER F
FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
How are we to have fellowship with our father God, many of you have bad experiences with your fathers, some have been beaten by your father, some have been abandoned by theirs.
This verse taken at face value, maybe brings back bad thoughts to your mind, but it shouldn’t.
This is not human fear, this is reverential fear. The whole focus of the book of Proverbs is to share the truth of this verse.
We need to remember, who God is and who we are, he is the creator of the universe, we are his created beings, sinful beings, who were alienated from him Ephesians 2, but those who are now sons and daughters of His.
Therefore, we can come not trembling and in terror, but in reverential fear, knowing exactly who God is, but knowing that God is our father, the best father.
We can come to the father with confidence Hebrews 10:19-25, yes with confidence, but with reverence.
We can come as little children, the parents in Luke 18:15, were bringing their children to Jesus, people tried to stop them, we are to come as little children humbly and childlike, running to the father, every need brought to him, every problem brought to him.
We are to come for communion with Him, in Luke 10:38-42, Mary had the best part, she was sat at the feet of Jesus.
He wants us to sit and learn of Him, for us to be teachable. I envy two people in scripture, those two guys on the road to Emanus, what a blessing that was to them, wish I could of been there.
We are to come continually, never stop coming to Him, everyday seek him, run to daddy. Fellowship with your father God is the best thing, spending one minute in his presence is like spending twenty four hours with anyone else, spending ten minutes in his word, is better than reading twenty books.
Run for fellowship with your father, come with reverential fear, knowing that He is God, but also that he opens his arms and wants you to sit at his feet and learn of Him.
He’s waiting to welcome you, what’s stopping you?
God bless you
KK