"The fear of the Lord leads to life, then one rests content, untouched by trouble." ~Proverbs 19:23, NIV
As opposed to a pathway leading to death, the fear of the Lord is a road that leads to life. When you're trusting in God to protect you - no matter what, you believe He's going to take care of you - then you rest content. You're not worrying about this or that, even if there's crazy, terrifying things around you happening.
See, one thing I always used to do is assume that being a Christian meant my life was going to be easy peasy, because instead of trudging through the hard bits, Jesus would organize everything so that I didn't have to. The verse above doesn't mean that no trouble will come to us. (I wish!) Rather, it means that we can be confident and unafraid when trouble does come. Yeah, we might still have to work hard to make it through, but it won't be oppressive, and God will always provide a way out.
That's just life, isn't it?
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