FLOURISHING.

1 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!

Psalm 128:1 [ESV]

22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

Genesis 26:22 [NIV]

The Fear Of The Lord Is…

1. A Path.

1 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways! 2  You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Psalm 128:1-2 [ESV]

1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

Ephesians 4:1 [NIV]

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Hebrews 11:6 [NIV]

19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him.

Psalm 145:19 [NIV]

14 The Lord confides in those who fear Him; He makes His covenant known to them. 15 My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only He will release my feet from the snare.

Psalm 25:14-15 [NIV]

2. A Posture.

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; 13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green….

Psalm 92:12-14 [NIV]

14 We are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every [shifting] wind…

Ephesians 4:14 [AMP]

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].

1 Corinthians 15:58 [AMP]

3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

Psalm 1:3 [NKJV]

7  “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. 8[He] does not fear when heat comes, and is not anxious in the year of drought…”

Jeremiah 17:7–8 [ESV]

10 Outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 12:10 [ESV]

4 Humility is the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:4 [NIV]

8 One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. 9 She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. 10 Let's make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”

2 Kings 4:8–10 [NIV]

3. A Protector.

6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7 The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God. 8 Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah. 

2 Samuel 6:6-8 [NIV]

10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured…

1 Samuel 4:10-11 [NIV]

2 Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! They took Dagon and put him back in his place.4 But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained.      

1 Samuel 5:2-4 [NIV]

26 Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.

Proverbs 14:26 [NIV]

52 “Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. “Those who use the sword will die by the sword. 53 Don’t you realize that I could ask My Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and He would send them instantly?”

Matthew 26:52-53 [NIV]