Fear God

If you lord the lirdvthen The “fear of the LORD” means giving God your Undivided Attention. Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11 (NIV) According to the Psalmist, an undivided heart leads to the fear of the Lord.

Deuteronomy exhorts its listeners to have a total commitment to God, involving “all your heart and soul.” Fearing God leads to loyalty and obedience. It gives us a resolve to stay the course because what we know about God to be true. God gets our allegiance, more than our allegiance to any person, country, job, or whatever. In all, obedience to Him takes precedence over everything else. Who can be more important to obey than the God of the universe?

Perhaps if we developed a more holistic, healthy fear of God, maybe the anxieties we have today would not carry so much weight. In summary: fearing God comes down to having the right posture before Him. He wants to live in fellowship with us and guide us, but we have to have the right perspective about it all.

The “fear of the LORD” means giving God your Unrivaled Awe. For the LORD, the Most High, is awe-inspiring, a great King over the whole earth. Psalm 47:2 (CSB) 

The “fear of the LORD” means giving God your Unparalleled Allegiance. And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul. Deuteronomy 10:12 (NLT)