It is by the renewing of your mind that you will grow in the fear of God.

See, there at the cross where offer-giveness is achieved, there we see the awesome righteousness,

holiness, graciousness, compassion of God. When you see the momentousness of his character

and what he's done for us in salvation, then you can no longer simply hold this in your head.

You must find yourself affected by who he is.

What is the fear of the Lord? And how would you explain it to someone?

And is it a good thing to fear God? Why does the scripture say that the fear of the Lord is the

beginning of wisdom? I'm Nathan W. Bingham and you're listening to renewing your mind.

Well, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Reeves at this year's

Ligonier National Conference to ask him some of those questions and to talk about his

brand new series, The Fear of the Lord. It's just been released this month,

and you can request your copy with the donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.

Before we get to that interview, here's a preview of what you'll hear the rest of the week on

renewing your mind as we feature messages from his new series, The Fear of the Lord.

Now I think is a good time for us to pause and view to ask yourself what things you fear,

because our fears are highly revealing. What you fear shows what you really love,

so we fear our children getting hurt because we love them. We fear losing our jobs, we fear losing

the security and identity they give us. We fear rejection, we fear criticism because we love

approval, and some of our fears are healthy, some are overblown, and others reveal deeper sicknesses

in our character. So ask yourself what do your fears say about you and your priorities?

What do they say about what you treasure? What do they say about where you're looking for security?

Ask yourself which do you fear more? Do you fear being sinful or being uncomfortable?

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