Raising Wise Children

18 I think fearing God means that God is, in your mind and heart, so powerful and so holy and so awesome, that you would not dare run away from Him but only to Him. In other words, fearing God is not another requirement. It is the way you do covenant keeping. It is the way you receive Jesus. It is the way you come to Jesus. You come reverently. You come humbly. You come without any presumption you deserve anything or He owes you anything. You come trembling or as we saw in Psalm 51, you come with a heart that is broken and contrite. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling… Tremble if you ever feel any inclination to leave this God! There is only destruction away from Him! Oh, how we should fear to leave the Lord! Tremble in His presence that He should so graciously receive us, forgive all of