Oct 8, 2013

All My Fears Relieved

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Here's an excerpt from All My Fears Relieved, Burk Parsons' contribution to the October issue of Tabletalk:

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, the Proverbs tell us, and the fear of the Lord is the beginning of the end of all other fears. For us as sons of God, to fear God means to humbly trust Him and helplessly tremble before Him with reverence and awe, love and gratitude (Ps. 147:11; 2 Cor. 7:15; Heb. 12:28). Although most fear is deadly, the fear of the Lord is life. The fears we experience in this life are countless and complex. And while we have chosen to address seven deadly fears, there are innumerably more that each of us experience every day of our lives. For it's not only that we experience fears from things outside of us, but that we experience fears from things within us, as Martin Luther admitted: "I more fear what is within me than what comes from without."

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