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"Come, o children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is there who desires life and loves many days, so that he my see good?  Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.  Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it ." -Psalms 34:11-14

I read this in Psalms this morning and thought, "this is the definition of 'fearing the Lord'!"  Pretty cool find, m'thinks. ;-)  The concept of  'fearing of the Lord' always intrigued me when I was younger, and I loved finding passages that helped solidify what exactly is was in mind.  Its mentioned so many times in the scriptures, but its not usually mentioned in a very straightforward, applicable way.  This passage was so simple and so applicable.... David says,  "I will teach you the fear of the Lord".  The #1 easy way to fail in loving what is good, and hating what is evil:  Your tongue.  Keep it under control.  KEEP it from evil, KEEP it from speaking deceit.  It takes action on your part.  TURN away from evil and DO good (lots more actions right there); SEEK peace and PURSUE it (even more action for ya).

All that action?  Mhmmm... to fear the Lord requires responsibility and a strong dedication to loving the Lord with your all.  But it requires YOU.  It requires YOU to make the decision all day long to control your tongue, to turn away from evil things, to DO good, to seek peace, and to pursue good things.

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