Fear God. Do what he tells you.
Ecclesiastes 12: 13, The Message
"'Fear God.' Reverence might be a better word. Awe. The Bible isn't interested in whether we believe in God or not. Is assumes that everyone more or less does. What it is interested in is the response we have to him: Will we let God be as he is, majestic and holy, vast and wondrous, or will be always be trying to whittle him down to the size of our small minds, insist on confining him within the boundaries we are comfortable with ... ?
The Bible talks of the fear of the Lord -- not to scare us but to bring us to awesome attention before the overwhelming grandeur of God."
A Long Obedience
God's Message for Each Day by Eugene Peterson.
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