LOVE AND FEAR...of GOD

Exodus 20:20 (NKJV):
And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.”

I had a dream lately. I dreamt that I bought a new bicycle and was really in love with it. And I went riding with friends. But I lost the bicycle one fine evening when I left it unattended for a while. I remembered, in the dream, I was so upset...the sadness remained even after I woke up.

And I thought,

If I could be so, so sad over the loss of a bicycle, when I'm NOT even a cycling enthusiast, when it's all BUT a dream, how much grief could God possibly feel for us whenever He lose us to disobedience and sin?

How much do we really love God?
Do we love Him enough to constrain ourselves from disobeying God?

And as I thought about these questions...I realise...perhaps sometimes I do not understand how to love God enough. And I feel so guilty about it.

However, let us also not forget that God gave us another thing about Him that will aid us to obey Him. And that, is the Fear Of God.

In the verse above, we see how a loving God deliberately left His fear among His people (it must have been so hard for someone so loving to WANT to do that!) so that they may not disobey Him.

Fear of God.
Do you fear God enough?
Do you fear Him enough that you will not take His Word lightly?

The Love of God is such a powerful force...it draws us to know God and to give our lives to Him. However, let us not settle to know just the Love of God in all our Christian lives.

Let us also strive to know the fear of God.
Because only in doing so, will we have a full understanding of who God is and how great is His Love.