Francis Chan is a church leader that I respect and admire very much. He has a video series called Basic (BASICseries.com). I watched the first one in that series this morning called Fear God. He talks about how people (he mentions Isaiah and the apostle John when he see's Christ in His glorified state) react when seeing God... Isaiah feared for his life, John litterally fell on his face....
The modern church has watered down this idea of 'fear'... deluding it to more of a 'respect' or 'in-awe-of' type of idea. As Chan says, this is not the type of fear we read about see in the Bible.
So what kind of fear of God do you have?
Do you fear Him at all?
Is the idea of 'fearing' God beneath you? Do you feel this is more of an Old Testament thing?
Do you feel God is your 'friend', therefore you dont' have to fear Him?
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever!
(Psalm 111:10 ESV)
