"I would like to suggest that Church become a place of terror again; a place where God continually has to tell us, "Fear not", a place where our relationship with God not a simple belief or doctrine or theology, it is God's burning presence in our lives. I am suggesting that the tame God of relevance be replaced by the God whose very presence shatters our egos into dust, burns our sin into ashes, and strips us naked to reveal the real person within. The Church needs to become a gloriously dangerous lace where nothing is safe in God's presence except us. Nothing - including our plans, our agendas, our priorities, our politics, our money, our security, our comfort, our possessions, our needs...Our world is tired of people whose God is tame. It is longing to see people whose God is big and holy and frightening and gentle and tender...and ours; a God whose love frightens us into His strong and powerful arms where He longs to whisper those terrifying words, "I love You." Mike Yaconelli - "What Women Fear" by Angie Smith
It seems that fear of God is a subject that has come up quite frequently today as I read this book and also prepare a lesson on fearing God for the students on Wednesday night. God is preparing me and teaching me to fear Him. Will I listen?
"And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last." Revelations 1:17
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