Fear of God

I do not understand God's ways.

I pray for relief, but receive no answer,

So I wrap myself in aloneness and fear.

Then like today, I pray,

and the answer comes so clearly that

I am afraid.

Thank you God for your answer this day.

Take away my fear.

I know you said,

“Fear not,”

But I still shrink in terror.

Give me strength to walk without fear

When I do not hear God's answer

And when I do.

Fear of the Lord

These words from Proverbs echo in my mind.

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

And the knowledge of the holy is understanding."

Is that the answer to the problems of our age?

Have we lost our fear?

Not soul-wrenching terror that drives out reason,

But the awe of God's power and glory,

The knowledge that all life flows from God

And would not exist without God.

Help me to know the fear of the Lord

And so gain understanding.