05/21/2025
The fear of the LORD (Part 1)
Hear something remarkable about the biblical patriarch, Job. Job 1:1 says “There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and abstained from evil”
This first verse described who the man Job is. He is a man who fears God!. The next verse tells us about the benefits of the fear of LORD. God gave Job a family, God gave him riches and God gave him entitlements. Let’s hear what the next 2 verses say,
Verse 2 and 3 says “Job had seven sons and three daughters. and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East”.
According to these 2 verses, Job was the greatest or the richest man of all the people who live in the East. This could have been the East of a country, or the East of a continent or East of the whole Earth . It also says, Job had a very large number of servants; in modern speaking, he has a great workforce under his employment.
Friends, the biblical Patriarch Job became extremely wealthy because he had the fear of the LORD. The fear of the LORD is the greatest possession anyone can acquire. Job didn’t become wealthy because he was a great entrepreneur. Job became very wealthy because he had the fear of the LORD.
Hear the exchange between Satan and God in verse 8 to 10 of Job chapter 1.
It says “Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land”.
Even Satan understands that God repays those who fear Him. Friends, in subsequent parts i will explain to you from the wisdom literature of the book of job, Psalms, and Proverbs; how the fear of the LORD benefits those who have it. In these parts I will be telling you what the fear of the LORD is, so you can become blessed like those who possess it.
Stay tuned for part 2.
God bless you!
