"O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him."
Psalms 34:9
“O fear the LORD,”
David calls for all believers to fear the LORD. We need to have great reverence for our LORD. We need to worship and honor Him. We need to confide in Him as we share our lives with Him. This is not just a Sunday morning only kind of relationship with Him. It is a twenty-four-seven kind of connection. An acknowledging that we need Him always. It’s a desire to give our lives for Him and His glory.
“Pay to him humble childlike reverence, walk in his laws, have respect to his will, tremble to offend him, hasten to serve him,”1 (Spurgeon).
“Ye his saints:”
These are they who know the LORD personally by a relationship with Jesus Christ. A “saint” is not some nearly perfect, super-pious individual who has done a miracle or two. But, according to the scriptures, His saints are His “separated ones.”2 That’s what this word means. A saint is a true believer who has been taken from sin, death, and the world, and is separated to God for His use, and for His glory. This should define every born again, Christian. We, His saints are the ones who fear Him.
“For there is no want to them that fear him.”
His promise is to meet our needs. When we fear Him and keep His principles first place in our lives, He meets our needs.
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you,” (Matthew 6:33).
“Jehovah will not allow his faithful servants to starve. He may not give luxuries, but the promise binds him to supply necessaries, and he will not run back from his word,”3 (Spurgeon).
From our personal experience, we have seen Him meet our needs. He doesn’t always do it according to how we think He should, but He has always taken care of us. Often, He has provided far more than “we could ask or think.” A verse that reminds me of God’s provision and helps in my life is this.
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint,” (Isaiah 40:31).
Believer, learn to “wait upon the LORD.”
1. C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, the electronic version in eSword.
2. A great place to learn about how believers live as God’s saints is Romans, chapters 6, 7, and 8.
3. Spurgeon, ibid.