The Foundation Is Not IQ
The foundation of everything is not IQ. It is the fear of God... the awe of Yahweh... the reverence of the Lord... the love of Jesus... the embrace of Abba. In Hebrew, fe
The foundation of everything is not IQ.
It is the fear of God... the awe of Yahweh... the reverence of the Lord... the love of Jesus... the embrace of Abba.
In Hebrew, fear is expressed by the word yir'ah.
This isn't terror.
It is pure awe... reverence... awakening to the reality that God is the fixed point around which everything else finds its meaning. The moment we truly see Him as He is, we fall into a place of humility, and everything else begins to come into alignment.
I am convinced that until our hearts bow there, everything else is slightly crooked...
"The fear (yir'ah) of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge." ~Proverbs 1:7
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