Poetry has been a part of my life ever since I got involved in rap music as a youth. With God's enablement I wrote this poem to express my passionate conviction about the need for us as God's people to understand what the fear of God is all about and how destructive pride can be.

TWO WORDS YOU CAN’T IGNORE

To Fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 8:13; 9:10

God is my Father, Yes I refer to Him that way because that’s how He taught me to pray

from the time I could open my mouth. 

Yes those in the north and south

and the other two sides

need to open their ears wide because the two words being ignored are

Fear & Pride.

No, not only the fear of the waves that reveal little faith but fear of a Heavenly Father who rewards and has the power to take away life from a child, grandparent, husband or wife

without a gun or knife but with just a word.

If we could interview David, Samson, Moses, Ananias  and Saphira or Jonah—

I believe they would say Amen—You better open more than one ear and fear---

No, No, No this is not just an Old Testament reference, Paul and Peter also wrote about such trembling reverence,

(Phil.2:12; II Cor.7:1; I Pet.2:17)

Don’t misinterpret perfect love casting out all fear because as true believers we don’t fear judgment in hell but we should fear a Heavenly Father’s disciplining hand, remember Moses missed out on entering the promised land

because he struck the rock and didn’t speak.

Don’t ignore what is being shared because God should be feared.

These examples are from the Bible and not lies, Oh by the way what happened to Samson’s eyes? 

The Philistines gouged them out;

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, but with Delilah he compromised.

Yes, God forgave David for adultery and murder; we know the deal,

But  if you interviewed David, he would say that domestic consequences are real.

Jonah was in a whale because he went his own way;

He forgot that God gave him blessings to give them away.

The husband and wife in Acts chapter 5

 learned to fear God when they were no longer alive.

What about Pride?  God detests this. It reminds Him of Lucifer who was cast out of heaven indeed,

Humility is what we need.

Don’t do a deed in Jesus’ name

and soon after seek fame, fantasizing about what others will say about you at a banquet, or in their homes at night,

You’re just imitating the prideful, false angel of light.

God shares His glory with no one,

And if you’re doing things for men, enjoy the rewards they give you,

Because in heaven there will be none.

Pray for a “pride alarm” to ring in your head, this comes from God’s Spirit,

All the flesh pays attention to is words like—“You will be like God, knowing good and evil,

The devil’s tricks don’t change, just slightly rearrange to fit our situation in this generation.

Don’t seek for others to build up your self-esteem or put others down for your own elevation.

Thank God for the example of the Lamb, the Great I am that I am,

Who didn’t use His power to dominate the weak but to make the weak strong,

And replace tears of despair to a joyful song.

He made the poor rich and placed His Spirit within. We could have been justly punished for sin.

 He taught us to be humbly obedient even unto death and still win!!

To the Glory of God the Father, and no others,

Fear God and avoid Pride my Sisters and Brothers.

                                                                                                                                                          P.A. Campbell