The less is blessed of the better

“Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.””

Sometimes people talk about putting the fear of God into someone. This is not a bad thing for “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Psalm 111:10). This is an example someone having the fear of the Lord. This fear can be a good thing or a bad thing. All of the great heroes of the Bible had a deep and healthy respect for the greatness and majesty of the Lord. It was this fear that led them to understand that there is no such thing as a great man or a great woman of God, there are only men or women of the great God. The Lord said “my glory will I not give to another” (Isaiah 42: 8) and this is the basic condition of any relationship a person can have with the Lord. It is quite popular today to suggest that one person can bless another but “the less is blessed of the better” (Heb 7: 6). No one should arrogate to themselves the honour of being greater than another for we are all sinners before God.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)