We have lots of different kinds of fear... Fear of the unknown, fear of a new place, fear of new people, fear of God...
The last one though is the most prevalent! I don't think we have the fear of God we need in our lives. I don't think we understand what this means to have a fear of God. We think of fear in negative terms, but its not. It's being in awe at an amazing God that has the power of life and death!
I was reading a book about Rahab and it really shook me...she didn't know God, she didn't see the miracles he preformed like the Israelites did. All she knew was what she heard about Him and yet she had a fear of God. Not until she saw Jericho crumble and her life sparred did she see the mightiness of the God of the Israelites. She had faith that many people did not understand....She had a fear of the Lord that no fear of men could overcome!
And it shakes me because here I sit, and think do i have a fear of God...or am i more scared of what that person may say about me, or what would happen if...
But when you live in fear of man, you are not allowing God to write your destiny, you are not allowing him to use you.
I challenge you, this week...find what it means to fear God, move out of your comfort zone and allow him in to search your heart and make changes in your life! Allow him to use you to reach others, to go and make disciples!
