GetWisdom PaperturnSampler FINAL SinglePages - Flipbook - Page 29
Leading Wherever You Are
JOSHUA
If you were to rewrite Joshua 4:24 in your own words, changing the word fear (yare') to be more
literally translated, how would you rewrite it?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
That makes so much more sense, doesn’t it? This is why diving into the original language
(Hebrew in The Old Testament and Greek in The New Testament). If we hadn't dug into this
scripture the way we did, we might go away from today scratching our head and making the serious
mistake that we should be fearful of our Heavenly Father, thinking He is a scary God. But no part
of Him should fill us with dread or terror. Instead, we should have fear meaning a healthy respect
for Him. A reverence for the One who created the universe and all that is within it.
Think about it…if our God is One we should be fearful of (the type of fear that fill hearts full
of panic and dread) then how could He be Someone who is full of mercy, grace, and love? How
could He be a God who forgives us over and over and over? If we look at it this way, He simply
cannot be a God we should be terrified of, right? It would be against His very character. In fact, 1
Corinthians 14:33 says, “For God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace. Peace translates
to security, safety, and harmony.” We cannot have a God of fear if He is a God of peace.
Take to the Lord your fears about Him. Ask Him to meet you instead with His peace.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
27