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it will, I hope, produce in you a salutary fear of the judgments of God.”

The fear of the Lord is one of the cocoons (mysteries) I am working my way out of. If you discuss fear of the Lord, most people want to define fear as something more comfortable, such as honor or reverence, nice gentle words. Most don’t want to talk about it.

My response is fear is fear, you can’t make it comfortable, you can’t redefine it. I think the essence of fear is two things, 1) your life is in the balance, and 2) you are out of control in the situation. The plane drops 3,000 feet. Someone pulls out in front of you while you are traveling 70mph.

Now, we don’t want to live in fear of the Lord, but it doesn’t hurt to visit once in a while. Thinking about it should lead one to thinking about grace, on the other hand, thinking about grace should take us to visiting fear.

RC Sproul in one of his commentaries raised the question of “what are we saved from?” Most will say from hell, but it would appear the answer is from Gods wrath.

So we are saved from God by God, now there is something to think about and back to the cocoon I go..........................

Psa 147:11 No, the LORD’s delight is in those who FEAR Him, those who put their hope in His unfailing love.