is a cold grip, a blindness,
that undoes reason...
Fear when it's lacking
tempts the good to spurn wisdom,
and undoes the brave.
It quickens
the alert.
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Fear of the LORD is not a fear of hurting God, for who can hurt God?
Fear of the LORD is a proper reverence of the reality of God and a fear of hurting our relationships with Him.
It is the only fear that quickens the alert -
Sometimes God brings us down low in order to raise us into a reverence of the Truth that God is and He is God, the LORD!
If you love the LORD, you will fear Him.
If you fear the LORD, you will obey Him.
If you obey the LORD, He will be with you always -
even unto the end of the age.
