Who We Should Fear

 



I am still studying fear and how to overcome it.  Today I came across Ps. 2:11---
"Serve the Lord with reverent awe and worshipful fear; rejoice and be in high spirits with trembling [lest you displease Him]. Amp. 

First, I was thinking that when you fear something, you are giving it power over you.  You are making it a controlling factor in your life.  So in a sense, what you fear is what you worship.

It may sound negative to say, "Fear the Lord".  But if you look at it like, "Make Him the chief concern in your life" it seems reasonable.  Because what you fear the most has the most power over you.

I like that, according to this verse, I am full of awe and worship, rejoicing and in high spirits while I fear the Lord.  The fear of God brings liberty from every other fear we can have.  It sets us free to enjoy life.  I like just having one thing to fear. 

The part about "lest you displease Him" makes sense too.  I hate to disappoint someone I really love and care for.  Part of true love is caring about how the other person feels, even when that person is God.

So, I want to simplify my life and just focus all my "fear energy" into making God my chief concern.  I think that is the best way to squash the little fears and not so little fears that plague my soul.