The core of our being

Have you ever heard the product of humility and fear of the Lord is riches, honor and life? Wealth, honor, and life, echos the desire of most people alive today. Many have the desire, few have the discipline. Seems everyone is looking for a shortcut to success, but actually become successful at cutting their life short. It's clear key ingredients are being left out. Humility and fear of the Lord. Being able to honestly see who we are before a Holy God, and fully trusting in Gods view of success and not our own is the humility described. This humility creates the room needed for God to have His way, in and through our life. When you experience Gods way, you will gladly give up your right, to be right. The other missing ingredient is the Fear of the Lord. This fear is when life becomes deeply respectful with overwhelming admiration for the extraordinary power and Person of God being real and present in your life. If this is not the core of our being, who are we? With humility and fear of the Lord, we come to understand that we do not determine the standard of our living (our $ value, our position of power, how long we live), God does. The problem we are dealing with today, people have decided their standard of living. A new year is only a few hours away, I want my desires to produce a discipline of humility and fear of the Lord, that creates an attitude that becomes an action that represents Gods riches, honor and life. Simply stated, growing deeper in love with the King Himself, not the Kings blessings. Happy New Year, and may 2014 be the year people see a "Radical Holiness" of Jesus in the core of our being.