When You Think God is Trying to Tell You Something....

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My Bible Study is currently doing Lysa Terkeurst's The Best Yes.

My Church just began a sermon series called "Make Good Choices."

I am studying 1 & 2 Peter with She Reads Truth.

And day after day after day I am being led like a lost little girl back to these words:

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. ~Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. ~ Proverbs 1:7

...if you accept my words an store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding - indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the fear of the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. ~ Proverbs 2:1-6

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. ~ James 1:5

My NIV Study Bible describes the "fear of the Lord" as a "reliance on the Lord in all circumstances and a humble submission to his lordship."  It goes on to describe "reverent fear" (from 1 Peter 1:17) as "not terror, but a wholesome reverence and respect for God, which is the basis for all godly living."

I am most definitely in a season where I need wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.  If I try to understand worldly circumstances without godly wisdom, I will struggle and never find understanding.  But with a "reverent fear" of God, by knowing Him and seeking Him and asking Him for wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, He will give me what I am asking in humble reverence to Him.

I often try to manage life on my own.  It seems like I should just be able to handle stuff...especially the small stuff.  But I lack wisdom.  I don't always know how I should handle myself or a certain situation, and my first instinct is usually to phone a friend, instead of going to God.

I am learning what it means to "fear the Lord."  I am learning to trust in His ways, even when they are not my ways.  I am learning to seek His wisdom in the choices that I make.  I am learning...