fear

spiders. no. more than that.
what i'm talking about is fear of the Lord.
see, there's a difference between being afraid of God, and the fear of God.
so what is having the fear of Him mean exactly?
to be honest, i don't really know.
it's hard to pinpoint the exact definition or find an exclusive past experience that is relative,
but there is the Bible.

proverbs 9:10
"the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
not going to lie, but i really don't understand the verse at all
after some daydreaming about it, i have come to this;
when you finally have that fear for him, you begin to realize God's nature, God's presence, God's mercy, God's order, God's judgement, but most importantly, God's love for you
thus you become wiser, with the mere knowledge of that.

when there is a fear of Him, there is reverence for Him
a sense of respect and acknowledgment
a reverence for His mighty power as you humble yourselves before the Lord.
you want to tremble at His Love, and shake at his forgiving mercy for us.
how great is our Lord?

Proverbs 16:6
"through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil"
not that you should be afraid of Him, but you should be afraid of what happens if you displease Him
you should be scared of the result that derives from your sin.


i know He's powerful, so powerful beyond our belief, it's crazy
but He's also patient.
that's insane to me, because they're two completely different, contradicting words.
that's scary.

when you have the fear for Him, you should not be scared of Him, but be scared to sin.
his presence should be significant enough to reconsider our thoughts of sinning.

stand. in utter awe of Him.