TREMBLE IN FEAR

 

TREMBLE IN FEAR

Ps. 119:120 I tremble in fear of you; I fear your judgments. NLT

For the most part, we no longer fear God, which I believe is strange. Think about it. God, the creator and source of all that is, calls us unto himself. God, who spoke all things into being by the power of His word beckons us to come to Him. God, who is the judge of every person who has ever lived, holds us accountable for how we live before Him. We will be judged by His holy standards, and yet, we do not fear Him? It makes no sense at all to me.

One of the big contributors to how far we have fallen into sin is our lack of fear of God. We chide the hellfire and brimstone preachers of the past, yet when they began to fade, we quickly began to travel on the slippery road to moral destruction. When the Church lost her sense of fear of God, she became lax with sin and began to excuse it under the guise of God being a god of love and mercy, full of grace. For some, it has led them to believe God would not even send anyone to hell, which has led many to even question whether or not hell even exists.

A lack of fear leads to a lack of respect. God ceases to be the holy judge and becomes our friend who would never exclude us from His fellowship in heaven. God has become less relevant in our lives and we scarcely consider it important to stay in touch with Him. Because we do not fear Him, we do not consider reading the Bible and prayer essential parts of our lives.

There is a desperate need in the Church today for a resurrection of our fear of God. We will continue to drift away from Him and water down the Gospel message if we don't. Each one of us will stand before God and give an account for how we have lived our lives and our eternal destiny will be determined on the basis of our righteousness in Christ, our holy living.

Do you fear God? Does it cause you to tremble knowing that He will determine whether or not you will spend eternity in heaven or hell? Does it cause you to tremble knowing that He will judge us by His standards? If not, perhaps you need to reconsider who God is and your accountability to Him for how you live.