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Malachi 4:2: “But for you who fear My name, the sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
The verse before this proclaims a judgment on the wicked where all the arrogant and the evil doers will be burnt up like chaff. While is seems cruel, purification can come out of a fiery judgement…Our choices to draw near to God is key. What is fear of God? “Fear of the Lord” is “the beginning of wisdom”. The Hebrew words yir’aṯ) and יp̄aḥaḏ are most commonly used to describe fear of God/El/Yahweh. Two types of fear as a lower “fear of punishment” and a higher “fear of divine awe glory.” When our spiritual eyes open, we live in wonder and awe of God. This fear is reverence and honor for God, not terror: 1. Fear of the Lord keeps us pure. Many people sometimes lose the fear of doing wrong because familiarity takes over. They take things for granted. This gives power to the enemy to attack. 2. Living in divine fear releases God’s favor and it shines down on us. Like a diamond, everything we do sparkles and glows. Sometimes, it seems we are doing things in vain, but nothing is vain, and we will reap our rewards in our seasons and timings. 3. The sun of righteousness is the Light of Christ that pours down on us, healing our minds, bodies, and spirits. 4. This is when we rise, and get freedom, joy and leap like calves ignited and stirred by supernatural joy. We then enter our pastures, the places of our blessing and fulfillment.
This all starts with a heart position, to reverence God in awe and worship. The blessing pours them. If these times, it is a wonderful season of being in His presence, the inner chambers, intoxicated with His glory.
Rita F. Kurian
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