day1 notes on "The Fear of God"

To fear God is to Know Him
Knowing God: being vulnerable before Him -striped bare- showing everything

Reaching our destiny
~God has called you to something that you (alone) can't do.
~You can't reach your destiny without the fear of the Lord. Deu 6:24 & 5:29
Gen 20:10 The fear of the Lord is not optional
it is the beginning of wisdom
*God is for you even if you may not be for you*

Growth with God is organic
God does not expect you to be advanced in His wisdom and knowledge tomorrow
He loves where you are at RIGHT NOW and wants you to grow organically -slowly and thoroughly inside and out. He's in it for the "long haul"

So what is this fear of the Lord-is it being scared of hell?
Its the beginning of wisdom it keeps us from evil... WE need this fear.... but what is it?
The fear of the Lord allows us the "context" to interpret the whole picture. Why- because no single picture or experience defines God

"I can't do that" we say that but what are we really saying
is it physical limitation or moral conviction?

God wants us to ask questions: Gen 3:9 after our rebellion what was one of the first things God does? "where are you" He asks a question ...we know that God already knows the answer than why ask? He is modeling for us -- when we don't know what to do (like when adam and eve hid after they sinned) we should ask questions. Jesus' most recorded question "what do you want?" "What can I do for you?" what is he modeling for us ... to tell him the desires of our heart, be verbal tell God what it is.

Darkness= ability to not see: when no one can see I am absolved of anything i've done.
Light= Context ; it gives us vision reveals the whole picture

*the beginning of wisdom is letting God be the one who defines you*

Sorry some of the things written don't flow very well, I just wrote down all the highlights in my notes from day one the lecture is also available on a podcast @ awakendts.com One of the things that really stuck out to me the first day was that it wasn't for God's sake we fear Him but for our own. It's for our own good that we fear because its the beginning of knowledge- the knowledge of knowing who he is fully.