"Surely His salvation is near to to those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, and [is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may tabernacle and abide in our land...mercy...lovingkindness...truth ...righteousness...peace...yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield it's increase." (Amplfied) "Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps." (KJV) Psalms 85.9-13.

Here is a definition of the fear of God:
The fear of God is constantly giving place to the Holy Spirit, so that we always live in the love of God, toward God and toward all people, always believing God's Word of promise, so that we are always affirming and demonstrating the Word of truth of all the good things that we presently have in Christ Jesus our Lord. This is truly giving place to and reverencing the Spirit of God. There is great promise to those who fear God.
    By listening to God teach us, and by coming to Jesus and trusting what He has done for us, we are giving place to God, we are reverencing God, we are obtaining and walking in the fear of God, hence, we are giving place to the Holy Spirit. This is what we are to show and teach others for them to duplicate in their lives.

GIVE PLACE TO GOD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD HIMSELF
    God honors and respects Himself, and His own word. He honors Jesus and the Holy Spirit and vice versa. We should honor God for who He is, and we should honor ourselves and our word, as a creation of God, of His own workmanship. God doesn't have poor workmanship, so each one of us are His masterpiece. God does not have a poor self-image. Neither should we. Jesus is our life. Let us live our lives with our eyes on Him.

GIVE PLACE TO GOD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS
    You can know God's attitude toward people. Look at our text above.  "Mercy...
lovingkindness...truth...righteousness...peace...."
1. Always compassionate, never condemning. He lifts, helps, and encourages.
2. Always sees what a person can become--righteousness.
3. Always respects a person's rights. He will set us in a good way, we can choose.
4. Always leads, never pushes. One drop at a time.

Conclusion:
    As we give place to God's attitudes, we are then in a position to have His works performed through us so that His glory fills the land. Let this understanding be duplicated through our teaching and practice, and see His glory spread.

Offering: Nehemiah 2.20                                                                               Sun.morn.1-16-2000