Psalm 34

Psalm 34
1I will bless the LORD at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2My soul will make its boast in the LORD;
The humble will hear it and rejoice.
3O magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
4I sought the LORD, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
5They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.
6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.
7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.
8O Taste and see that the LORD is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
9O fear the LORD, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.
10The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing.
11Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?
13Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
14Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
15The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.
16The face of the LORD is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17The righteous cry, and the LORD hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit.
19Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
20He keeps all his bones,
Not one of them is broken.
21Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

I was going to only use part of this Psalm, but I couldn’t. The whole context of it all makes sense; only using a section takes the meaning out of it. The psalmist was proclaiming the Lord continually with his mouth. We have to stand up for what’s right. The only thing that is right is the Lord. The Lord is the only perfect thing in existence.
The psalmist only boasted in the Lord. I love the way God works. He died so He could take the credit. What better way to Glorify His name. No way can there be boasting outside of God. Only in Christ there is boasting. Boasting that we are forgiven, boasting we are redeemed, and boasting that He still loves us. We can’t get to Heaven on our own. No works will do, but only repentance and putting your full trust in Christ. When we go to Heaven we will be only praising and worshiping the Lord for what He did. Not what we did.
Once one taste and see the Lord they will never be the same. I know from experience. Those who find refuge will be blessed. You will be holy and you will have joy that can only be found in the Lord. This joy can’t be found in money, sex, porn, drugs, fame, or any earthly form. It will only be found at the foot of the cross, with complete humility and surrender.
When you surrender your all you know what the Fear of the Lord is.

Luke 12:5
"But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!”

What beauty we have in a promise that once we repent we escape Hell. What we have in a God that truly judges righteously and just. We fear the Lord because He is the Creator and finisher of everything. Also there is wisdom in the Fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the LORD is the instruction for wisdom,
And before honor comes humility.

Psalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments;
His praise endures forever.

*It should be noted that no man can fear the Lord if he/she does not know the Lord. If you do not fear the Lord reevaluate your faith to take if you are in the faith.

I love that the Lord redeems His servants. A beautiful promise from God. Our work is not in vain. Are service is met with sacrificial love that has redeem us from the curse of the law. If we are truly saved we have Fear in the Lord and we are redeemed. There is so much to be said from that. That’s why I said context. If you look and search in the Word you get deeper and deeper. There is much that we can learn from God. Some people think when you get saved that’s it and study prophecy and other things. When you truly study the cross you can spend your entire life studying it. The beauty of the cross, the victory of the cross, the meaning of the cross, the wages of the cross, and so much more.
Please study the complexity of the cross. Your jaw will drop and your heart will swell. It will fill you with humility. The cross will make the strong cry and the weak lift their head in strength. The Lord is near the broken hearted, and the humble. The Lord will break the hardest of hearts so that He can get all the Glory. He deserves all the Glory and Honor. Remember we are the servants and God is Sovereign.

Romans 8:28-39