Lately I’ve felt God speaking to me about the absolute importance of Fearing Him.  Even when I write the words Fear God, I get conflicting emotions.  My flesh wants to say, why do I need to fear God?  I mean God is love, joy, light and peace.  Right?  Besides, nobody needs to tell me to fear someone.  I’m strong enough to handle most things on my own. Right?  But when I take a moment to listen to the Holy Spirit, I have the utmost respect for my Heavenly Father and you better believe I FEAR Him!  The truth of the matter is every single one of us are like little children.  We make mistakes (in our sinful nature) and we must pay a price for them, which is called consequence.

Now I believe when we realize we have sinned or fallen short of God’s commands, we have a choice.  We can “say we are sorry” and go on about our business or we can fall to our knees before our Heavenly Father and repent.  According to the dictionary, true repentance is a change of mind, purpose and life, to which remission of sin is promised.  Repentance is where the Fear of God takes action.  As for my life, I believe in my soul that God has blessed me beyond measure because of my obedience of coming before him with a sorrowful heart and changing my ways.

Scripture says, “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.  For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.”   Ecclesiastes 12:13 & 14

My question to you today is, do you really Fear God?  If so, what does repentance look like in your life?

Honored to serve in Charlotte, North Carolina – Women’s Christian Life Coach