"What Fear Means!"

 "That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past." (Ecclesiastes 3:15 KJV)

 "When I was prosperous, I said, "Nothing can stop me now!" Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered." (PSALM 30:6-7 NLT)

 Keep this in mind: God's plan for our Salvation was unstoppable, even though from the very beginning, the devil was sure he could stop it, God's plan kept going forward; whenever one very visible sign was taken down, God had something better and more prosperous that took its place, making His plan more and more inclusive and harder to be reckoned with, no matter what! Now, if that kind of a plan can be made, for thousands of years, and through thousands of circumstances, what will it take to change you? 

 I couldn't help but think of Nebuchadnezzar, as I was praying about this particular verse. If there is any kind of sign, he was the one that stood out the most, showing what it really means to fear God. When Daniel warned him about what he would be going though, he pondered it for a short time, but then forgot all about it. As he raised a toast to his great empire and gave himself the glory, his glory was removed, and he was shattered! 

 Of all those who wrote portions of the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar might be the only author of something written from a king of a pagan nation. You can find this in Daniel 4:34-37, as he praises God, making known that God is the One in control, he wrote, "His rule is everlasting, and his kingdom is eternal. All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, 'What do you mean by doing these things?'" 

 As crazy as it might appear, even the worst case of bad, God can use it for good! There is nothing that we can do, that God cannot forgive us for, except for not asking for His forgiveness! Yes, we absolutely have a choice, and the choice we have is now, even though it has already been, He still requires that we ask Him to forgive our past...  

""God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son. And the judgment is based on this fact: God's light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."" (John 3:17-21 NLT)