There is a motive for fearing God and to tremble at His word because there are basically six reasons why we are to appear before the Lord and tremble before Him, also taking delight in the Lord.
·
His Majesty
We ought to stand in awe before the Lord because of
His majesty as we have been duly admonished saying; “Who would not fear You, O
King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due. For among all the wise men
of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You” (Jeremiah 10:7).
·
His Holiness
We
have been instructed saying; “Who shall not fear
You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall
come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested" (Revelation 15:4).
·
His forgiveness
Because according to the Psalmist; “If You, LORD,
should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with
You, that You may be feared; “Psalms
130:3-4)
·
His Power
As the Israelites were reminded saying; “ the LORD
your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed
over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us
until we had crossed over, that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand
of the LORD, that it is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God
forever" (Joshua 4:23-24).
·
His Goodness
For we have been duly instructed saying; “Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with
all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you” (1Samuel 12:24).
·
His judgment
As we have been instructed by the angel with the
everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give
glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made
heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water" (Revelation 14:6-7).
Therefore, when it comes to
having the fear of God we should follow the example of David who wrote; “But as
for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of
You I will worship toward Your holy temple” (Psalms 5:7).
Or like the early Christians of whom it is said, “then
the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were
edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy
Spirit, they were multiplied” (Acts 9:31).
So then,
appearing before the Lord on the days He has appointed to appear before Him is
not legalism but rather something we should all take delight in as we have been
duly admonished saying; “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from
doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, The holy
day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor
finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you shall delight
yourself in the LORD; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the
earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the
LORD has spoken" (Isaiah 58:13-14).
This is the essence
of trembling before the Lord; it is by taking delight in Him, appearing before Him
at His appointed time and expressing our deepest appreciation and gratitude for
who He is and for what He has done for us,
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