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When the word, not the world, becomes the majority of your week, your life will start to change.

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today's devotional. Well, hey, guys, welcome to our daily drive. If we haven't met, my name is Carlos,

and I get to be a part of the pastoral team here at Lake Point. And we get to hang out this week

for a few minutes every day as we together dive into the

word of God.

And this week we're talking about the fear of the Lord.

And yesterday we read Deuteronomy chapter 14 verse 4 that says the following.

It says this, serve only the Lord your God and fear only him, obey his commands,

listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. And so we're starting with this description of what

it means to fear the Lord. According to Deuteronomy, one way to explain it is that to fear God

is to obey his commands, to listen to

his voice, and to hold fast to him. Now, why would God ask us to fear him? Why doesn't the Bible just

say, hey, you know what? Love God because he's good. Or love God because he's faithful. Or something that just might sound

just a little bit more encouraging for our 24 modern American cultural sensitivities. Let me try to

explain that. Here's why. Because the Bible is not a fortune cookie hallmarky, inspirational book that's just trying to make us feel good about ourselves.

The Bible is actually the inspired word of the living God who tells us exactly who God actually is, not who we want him to be or who we would like him to be, but who he actually is.

And one thing that the Bible makes clear is that, yes, God is love. But the Bible makes it clear

that God is also just. Yes, God is a God who saves, but he's also a God who defeats his enemies.

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