Jesus proved His faith to God by His godly fear.
Remember "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Psalm 111:10, Prov 9:10) It is so hard for us today to understand that the Man Jesus had to prove Himself to "be perfected" and receive the position of "Lord and Christ." But there is no way we can dismiss or explain away the Word of God concerning the Son.
"So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”
6 As He also says in another place:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek”;
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,”
- Heb 5:5-9
Because of His fear of God, the Man Jesus was "perfected" and "became" something He had not been before the baby in Bethlehem. In proving His faithfulness to God by His fear and obedience, Jesus attained to the calling of God upon His life.
And He expects the same from us.
"Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who delights greatly in His commandments."
- Psalm 112:1
Oh, yes, there are commandments to keep. Not the covenantal Law of Moses, but the Eternal commandments of God that will never pass away.
"Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy."
- Psalm 33:18
May His eye ever be upon us because we fear Him.
Amen.
