ເດີນໄປໃນເສັ້ນທາງແຄບຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າ, ຫມາຍຄວາມວ່າຍ່າງໃນຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າ. ຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າບໍ່ມີຫຍັງກ່ຽວຂ້ອງກັບການເປັນຄວາມຢ້ານກົວ, ຮ້ອນຮົນ, or afraid of God. But to fear the Lord means to have respect and live in awe of the most High God; the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, ແລະທັງຫມົດມີຢູ່ພາຍໃນ, and to love Him. There is none like Him. Fearing the Lord is not a passive behaviour, but it requires action. ໃນສຸພາສິດ 2:1-5 we read about walking in the fear of the Lord. ການຍ່າງໃນຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຫມາຍຄວາມວ່າແນວໃດ? How do you walk in the fear of the Lord?
ການຍ່າງໃນຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຫມາຍຄວາມວ່າແນວໃດ?
ລູກຊາຍຂອງຂ້ອຍ, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; ເພື່ອໃຫ້ເຈົ້າຫັນຫູຂອງເຈົ້າໄປຫາປັນຍາ, ແລະໃຊ້ຫົວໃຈຂອງເຈົ້າເຂົ້າໃນຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈ; ຈັກເຖິນ, ຖ້າເຈົ້າຮ້ອງໃຫ້ຄວາມຮູ້, and lightest up the voice for understanding; ຖ້າເຈົ້າຊອກຫານາງເປັນເງິນ, ແລະຊອກຫາຂອງນາງສໍາລັບຊັບສົມບັດທີ່ເຊື່ອງໄວ້; ແລ້ວເຈົ້າຈະເຂົ້າໃຈຄວາມຢຳເກງຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າຢາເວ, ແລະຊອກຫາຄວາມຮູ້ຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ(ສຸພາສິດ 2:1-5)
When do you walk in the fear of the Lord? Proverbs chapter 2, verses 1-5 gives an answer to this question. Solomon mentions 10 ການກະທໍາ:
- Receive ຄໍາເວົ້າຂອງລາວ
- Hide ພຣະບັນຍັດຂອງພຣະອົງ
- ໂນນ your ear unto wisdom
- Apply your heart to understanding
- Cry after knowledge
- Lift up your voice for understanding
- Seek her like silver
- ຊອກຫາ for her as for hidden treasures
- Then you understand the fear of the Lord
- ແລະ ຊອກ the knowledge of God
Let’s have a look at each one of these steps.
Receive His words and Hide His words
ສິນຄ້າກ່ອນອື່ນຫມົດ, you should hear, and receive the Words of God, and keep those Words with you in your heart. When you accept His words and ຮັກສາພຣະບັນຍັດຂອງພຣະອົງ, then the Word shall be in you, and you shall be in the Word (ພຣະເຢຊູ). ຄືກັບພະເຍຊູກ່າວ:
ແລະລັດສະໝີພາບທີ່ທ່ານໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ໃຫ້ເຂົາເຈົ້າ; ວ່າພວກເຂົາອາດຈະເປັນຫນຶ່ງ, ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າພວກເຮົາເປັນຫນຶ່ງ: ຂ້ອຍຢູ່ໃນພວກເຂົາ, ແລະເຈົ້າຢູ່ໃນຂ້ອຍ, ວ່າພວກເຂົາອາດຈະໄດ້ຮັບການເຮັດໃຫ້ດີເລີດໃນຫນຶ່ງ; ແລະເພື່ອໂລກຈະໄດ້ຮູ້ວ່າພຣະອົງໄດ້ສົ່ງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ, ແລະ hast ຮັກເຂົາເຈົ້າ, as thou has loved me (ຈອນ 17:22,23).
Incline your ear unto wisdom and
apply your heart to understanding
When you accept His words, ແລະຮັກສາພວກມັນໄວ້ໃນຫົວໃຈຂອງເຈົ້າ, then your ear shall notice wisdom. Because you shall hear, and because you hear, you shall become wise. ສັດທາ comes by hearing, ແລະໄດ້ຍິນໂດຍພຣະຄໍາຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ. The Word shall live in your heart, ແລະຍ້ອນສິ່ງນັ້ນ, you shall live and walk in wisdom, ແລະຄວາມຮູ້.
Cry after knowledge and
lift up your voice for understanding
You shall get understanding by hearing the Word of God, keeping the Word of God, and by speaking the Word of God. You’ll therefore cry after knowledge. You will call those things which are not, ຄືກັບວ່າພວກເຂົາແມ່ນ.
There must be a desire inside of you to spend time with God, in His Word. Study His Word, seek and find all truths that are written in the Word (ຄໍາພີໄບເບິນ). You can only find true wisdom and knowledge in the Word.
Seek her like silver and
search for her as for hidden treasures
Seek Him, as you seek for silver, and search in the Word for those hidden treasures, because God has given you an inheritance. You will only find out what this inheritance contains, if you seek His Kingdom, and search in the Word. He wants to reveal those things to you, ໂດຍຜ່ານຄໍາຂອງພຣະອົງ.
Walking in the fear of the Lord and
in His knowledge
If you spend time in His Word and seek for truths, then you shall get to know the Lord and find all truth. When you find all truth, then you shall understand the fear of the Lord. When you understand the fear of the Lord, then you shall find knowledge, and you shall be walking in the fear of the Lord, and in His knowledge.
ອ່ານນຳ ‘Walking in love‘
“ເປັນເກືອຂອງແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ”
