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OUR DAILY BREAD                  Thursday, February 17, 1994 
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READ:  Psalm 34

                        IS HE SAFE?
                   I will teach you the                  
		     fear of the Lord.                      
	               - Psalm 34:11


We will not get very far in our relationship with God unless
we understand that He is to be feared.

In The Chronicles of Narnia, an allegory by C.S. Lewis,  the
author  has two girls, Susan and Lucy, getting ready to meet
Aslan the lion, who represents Christ.  Two talking animals,
Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, prepare the children for the encounter.

"Ooh," said Susan, "I though he was  a  man.   Is  he  quite
safe?  I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion."

"That you will, dearie," said Mrs.  Beaver.   "And  make  no
mistake,  if  there's  anyone  who  can  appear before Aslan
without their knees knocking,  they're  either  braver  than
most or else just silly."

"Then isn't he safe?" said Lucy.

"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver.  "Don't you hear what  Mrs.  Beaver
tells  you?   Who  said  anything  about safe?  Of course he
isn't safe.  But he's good.  He's the king, I tell you!"

The psalmist understood this awesome wonder when  he  wrote,
"Oh,  taste  and  see that the Lord is good," and then urged
God's saints to fear Him (Ps. 34:8-9).  We need  not  cringe
in  terror,  but  we must live before Him with reverence and
awe.  Our holy God isn't "safe", but He is good.

Author:  Haddon W. Robinson

        Oh,  how  I  fear  Thee,  living  God,          
	With deepest,  tenderest  fears          
	And  worship  Thee  with trembling hope         
	And penitential tears!   -Psalter


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:  
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If you fear God, you need fear nothing else.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Numbers 1-3

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