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John Bevere - Experience the Wisdom of 40 Years in One Book


John Bevere - Experience the Wisdom of 40 Years in One Book
TOPICS: The Awe of Go, Wisdom

John, what’s the one message, the one book you would hand to somebody if you could only tell them one thing? It would definitely be this book. I am so delighted that you’re reading this book, and I feel like I get a chance to disciple you. I want to be honest: I’ve written 23 books and have been preaching for 40 years. If someone asked me, «John, what’s the one message, the one book you would hand to somebody if you could only tell them one thing?» it would definitely be this book, The Awe of God. I’m going to tell you this: the message builds, and it gets really good in the last two sections, but they won’t have the impact unless you journey there. So I’m so glad you’re committed to this journey because your life is going to be changed. How do I know that? Because I know the anointing and I know what the word of God will do.

Paul the Apostle made this statement: «Now I commend you to God.» He didn’t just say God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among those that are sanctified. That’s Acts 20:32. Now, Solomon writes that the fear of the Lord is the key to all of life. He learned it the hard way, as you saw in chapter one. He started out on fire for God, the wisest king that had ever ruled Israel and the wisest king on Earth at the time. He was very successful because he not only embraced the fear of the Lord, but he was anointed to teach it and write it. However, he didn’t value it greatly; he didn’t treasure it, and he let it go. As a result, he became a pessimistic cynic and wrote the book of Ecclesiastes, where he makes statements like, «The day you die is better than the day you are born.»

Wow! Who would write that? «Everything in life is vain. What goes around comes around. What’s lost can’t be recovered.» Only a jaded person can write this. But what I love is that God gives us insight into King Solomon’s soul. At the end of his life, he comes out with the statement, «This is the conclusion.» Matter of fact, I’m going to read it. This is the last verse of Ecclesiastes: «All has been heard; the end of the matter is: fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man, the full original purpose of his creation, the object of God’s providence, the root of character, and the foundation of all happiness—the whole duty of every man.»

Now, Isaiah the prophet says in Isaiah 33:6, «There shall be stability in your time.» So Solomon didn’t have stability; he was a bit rocky. But Isaiah says what’s going to create stability for our times. And boy, are we living in a day and an hour where we need stability! Our society is so topsy-turvy, changing so rapidly right now; we need stability. But Isaiah says, «Hey, the stability of our times and the abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge is found in the fear of the Lord,» and God calls it His treasure. I want you to stop and think about that with me: God calls the fear of the Lord His treasure. Now think about treasure.

I mean, if you look at the gold rush in San Francisco and Sacramento in 1848, that’s when it all began. It was when all the people rushed to California to find treasure—the gold that was hidden in the mountains. Well, over 300,000 people in seven years went to California looking for gold. They dropped everything; they moved to find this treasure that was perishable. It wasn’t the true treasure that lasts forever and ever, like the fear of the Lord. But boy, the population of California increased over a hundred times in that seven years because people were looking for treasure.

Hey, if you think about our treasure today, what do we do? We put it in safes; we develop security systems to protect it; we put it in banks where people think it will be safe. Let me tell you: we handle our treasure carefully! We should handle the fear of the Lord with all diligence and carefulness. That’s why I’m delighted that you’re reading this book. And so, Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray for my brother, my sister, who is journeying through this book. I ask, Holy Spirit, that You would open our eyes to see, our ears to hear, and give us a heart to perceive and understand the word of God, particularly in walking in holy fear. I’m asking that my friend’s life will be changed forever and ever and ever as a result of what You do, Holy Spirit, in them as they journey through this book. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.