Seventh I.B.S.

Psalm 111:10-

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do His commandments: praise endureth forever.”

Seeing that the fear of the Lord is just the beginning of wisdom, I see why I wasn’t very wise. The word fear here doesn’t mean to be afraid of God, this isn’t saying that if you are scared of God you will gain wisdom. This word refers to a fear of respect or reverence towards God, if you have reverence towards God then you will begin to gain wisdom. Growing up, I have always seemed to have a problem with authority. In elementary school, I was constantly getting into trouble, in middle school, I was best found in the Principals office and in Freshmen I sought to fit in at school leading me into trouble as well. But then something happened in those last three years of high school. I looked back at those years that I used for my personal enjoyment and all the people I hurt trying to do so, and realized that it was all for nothing other than the fact that I didn’t want to listen to my parents, or teachers. I recognized at this point that the reason why I was so stupid and lost was because I had no respect, reverence, or fear for these people who God put in authority over me. Truthfully I wasn’t fighting against my parents or my teachers, I was fighting God. I was telling Him by my actions that He had no authority over me and that I could do what I want when I want. Those last few years of high school, there was an obvious change, began to obey my parents, my teachers, and as best as I could, God. The more I started to do that, the more my life seemed to fall back into place. While I still had a mess to clean up, I feel like God was right there with me helping me the whole way through, honestly I think He was there the whole time, I was just to Ignorant to listen to Him.

I will add to my prayers each morning that I will submit to the authority over me because I know that those people are part of Gods plan to keep me in His arms.