I always think of the ocean when I think of fear of God. The ocean is incredibly vast, dangerous, untamed. You can actually die in it or on it. But it is also incredibly beautiful, peaceful, strong, steadfast, capable of supporting all kinds of life, and so on. It always humbles me to stand at the edge of the water and see no end to it.
I think that a fear response is a healthy and normal response to being close to greatness.. As a guitar player, I regularly refer to some guitarists as "scary good." Other times I refer to them as "beasts" or "monsters." People routinely talk about getting flustered when meeting a famous person. Even celebrities talk about embarrassing themselves by fawning and "fan boying" when first meeting a hero.
It's our sinful nature that pathologizes this dynamic when it come to God. Of course, proximity to God would cause fear in the common and Biblical sense. Nothing wrong or sinister about saying we should fear the Lord.
I always think of the ocean when I think of fear of God. The ocean is incredibly vast, dangerous, untamed. You can actually die in it or on it. But it is also incredibly beautiful, peaceful, strong, steadfast, capable of supporting all kinds of life, and so on. It always humbles me to stand at the edge of the water and see no end to it.
The fear of God is jargon
I think that a fear response is a healthy and normal response to being close to greatness.. As a guitar player, I regularly refer to some guitarists as "scary good." Other times I refer to them as "beasts" or "monsters." People routinely talk about getting flustered when meeting a famous person. Even celebrities talk about embarrassing themselves by fawning and "fan boying" when first meeting a hero.
It's our sinful nature that pathologizes this dynamic when it come to God. Of course, proximity to God would cause fear in the common and Biblical sense. Nothing wrong or sinister about saying we should fear the Lord.