I Choose Today to Walk in Childlike Awe
This is the last attribute of the seven-fold Holy Spirit that Isaiah prophesied Jesus would be empowered with when He came to make a way for our salvation and reconciliation with our Heavenly Father. Some time ago, I wrote a post about how fearing the Lord means to be in awe of Him and to have deep reverence for who He is. But today, I want to explain this concept in a way that speaks to something many of us understand—parenting. When we have children, our desire is to nurture them as they grow, guiding them toward a path that allows them to thrive. This isn’t just good parenting; it’s biblical: “Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.” — Proverbs 22:6 AMPC As parents, we don’t just train our children in general morality—we seek to understand their individual gifts, personalities, and callings so we can guide them in the way they were created to walk. When we train, instruct, and guide them, they naturally want to please us. Most of the time, they choose what is right
