Fear of God

FEAR is mostly used negatively—anything you fear is considered harmful or dangerous.

However, the fear of God does not scare you away from God; it draws you to Him.

WHEN DAVID sinned by conducting a census, God gave him the chance to choose the consequence, and he decided to fall into God's hands.

He understood that the best place to be was in his hands.

ELIJAH knew he was in God's hands when God told him to go to Brook Cherith—and when it dried up, God told him to go to the Widow of Zarephath. (1 Kings 17 verses 9-16)

THE FEAR of the Lord will let you into the future. It will take you into the prophetic.

The angels of God stopped at Abraham’s tent—and when they were leaving, God wondered if he could hide his plan from Abraham.

So, he told him what he was about to do—and he interceded for Sodom. (Genesis 16 verses 18-33)

If you desire God to speak to you, fear Him.

THE FEAR OF GOD is important because we cannot see the world as it is except through God’s perspective.

Noah saw the world through the lens of God and was moved by reverent respect for God when he was asked to build an ark. (Hebrews 11:7)

THE FEAR OF GOD not only keeps you in check, but it also keeps you close to God.

Daniel’s awe of God kept him close. When he was offered meat dedicated to idols from the king’s table, he turned it down. (Daniel 1 verses 8-16)

THE FEAR of the Lord leads to life so that one may sleep satisfied and untouched by evil. (Proverbs 19:23)

ELISHA woke up besieged by an army. "What shall we do?” said his servant.

However, when the Lord opened his servant’s eyes, he saw that the hills around them were full of chariots of fire. (2 Kings 6 verses 16-18)

WE FEAR, men, because we do not fear God. This lack of fear makes us say, "I'll do it; after all, I know God will forgive me."

When you knowingly hurt God, you have no place in Him.

ACHAN lost his life and the lives of every member of his family when he took the accursed thing. (Joshua 7 verses 19-26)

BALAAM knowingly chose to go to Balak despite God’s warning not to go, but graciously, God opened his donkey’s eyes to see the angel holding a sword and standing in its path. (Numbers 22)

You cannot walk in true wisdom unless you fear Him.

Righteousness flows from only one principle — the fear of God - John Calvin.

THE REMARKABLE THING is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else—and when you see God, you see nothing else.

God told Jeremiah not to fear their faces because he was with him. (Jeremiah 1:8-9)

THE FEAR OF GOD delivered Joseph from the fear of men. So when Potiphar’s wife wanted him to lay with her, he said:

My master is not concerned with anything; he has given me charge of everything he owns.

He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you because you are his wife.

How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?” (Genesis 38 verses 8-10)

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Righteousness flows from only one principle—the fear of God.

THE FEAR OF GOD will make you please Him.

Paul said, "Am I now trying to win the favour and approval of men or God? Or am I seeking to please someone? If I were still trying to be popular with men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ." (Galatians 1:10)

The thing God wants from you most is to give Him pleasure.

Final Thoughts

NO ONE can know the true grace of God who has not first known the fear of God—A. W. Tozer.