The Foundation Of Your Times

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Yes, the wisdom, knowledge, and salvation found only in the Lord

provides the foundation we need for our times!

III. THE KEY TO THIS FOUNDATION IS "THE FEAR OF THE LORD"...

Prov 1:7… The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,

But fools despise wisdom and instruction. NKJV

Prov 9:10…"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

Why is the fear of the lord so necessary...

1. "...by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil"

Prov 16:6… By loving kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,

And by the fear of the LORD one keeps away from evil.

The fear of the Lord is a reverence for God and His righteous judgments This fear becomes an effective motivation to depart from evil and turn to God!

"In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence...a place of refuge" Prov 14:26… He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge.

When we turn to God, the fear of the Lord becomes a source of great blessings!

Ps 33:18-34:1…But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

b. Such as wisdom, knowledge, salvation, confidence, refuge;

indeed "the fear of the Lord is a fountain of life"!

Prov 14:27…

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death.

CONCLUSION

Those who lack a foundation in troubled times do so because they lack the wisdom, knowledge, and salvation of the Lord. They lack these things because they do not have the fear of the Lord!

A proper fear of the Lord would prompt them to turn from evil and turn to God...

a. Where they would find His knowledge, wisdom, and salvation

b. Which in turn would provide "The Foundation Of Your Times"!

3. With such stability, we can rightly say along with the writer to the

Hebrews:

"The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

(He 13:6)

Why not let the Lord provide you with the foundation necessary for troubled times?