Fear God

"Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. When Israel saw the great power which the Lord had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses." -Exodus 14.30-31

Israel has watched God part the Red Sea before them while He guarded their back with the cloud and angel that has been leading them. They cross on dry ground, and then as the Egyptians begin to pursue them the sea is closed over them and they drown. Israel is saved, once and for all from Egypt, and finally they begin to fear Him. They believe in God and also in Moses.

Why was this act so powerful? Why does this one finally hit home with them in a new way? I think because they are finally free from Egypt. The Red Sea is now separating them, and the bodies of Egyptian soldiers are washing up on the shore. The enormity of God's power becomes reality, and suddenly they begin to feel very small in the presence of God. They have seen His power build, and now culminate here. They fear God, as they should for He is all powerful. They believe that He is God, and that Moses is His chosen servant.

Men, do you fear God? Not this reverent respect that people want you to think it means, do you fear God? Have you grasped the fullness of His power, or at least as much as is possible for our finite human minds? Have you come to the realization of all that God is capable of? We must fear God, if we don't we cannot humbly respect Him. If we don't grasp what He is capable of we cannot fully surrender to Him. It isn't until we realize that He is all powerful and the terror and dread of all that He can unleash, that we can truly submit to Him. And when we come to see this and do this, we can begin to hear Him say "Fear not", but more on this at some point in the future."

Let us fear God, this is where it all begins.

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

To God alone be the Glory!

Strength and Honor