Holy Fear

[nancyshanice]

“He that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.”
- Proverbs 13:13

Holy awe of God’s Word is very rare. Men think they are wiser than the Word of the Lord and sit in judgment upon it.

We accept the inspired Book as infallible and prove our esteem by our obedience. We have no terror of the Word, but we have a filial awe of it. We are not in fear of its penalties because we have a fear of its commands.

This holy fear of the commandment produces the restfulness of humility, which is far sweeter than the recklessness of pride. It becomes a guide to us in our movements: a drag when we are going downhill and a stimulus when we are climbing it.

Preserved from evil and led into righteousness by our reverence of the command, we gain a quiet conscience, which is a well of wine; a sense of freedom from responsibility, which is as life from the dead; and a confidence of pleasing God, which is heaven below.

The ungodly may ridicule our deep reverence for the Word of the Lord; but what of that?

[Joshua]

We should always fear God and not fellow men. Proverbs 1:7

[luicer]

When we have the Holy fear as Christians, sinning also becomes fear to us. We don't have to fear whatever human beings can be capable of doing to our lives but fear the glory of God into our lives since God is the truth and life we only have to fear Him and do according to His will.

[Alloys]

I am so delighted because I also knew that the word fear has not been used to show fright or mean being afraid. But it is that honor that we give to God and His word. God bless you for expounding this fact in a very clear way with the exact words that were needed.