I'm a wretch, who, by His glorious grace, has been adopted by the God of the universe. Praise Jesus from coming in the flesh and dying on the cross for the sins of the world to redeem fallen humanity to God. I'm seeking God in all I do, trying to be led by the Spirit-- seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness.
May We Live in the Love and the Fear of God, At the Same Time
John Mark Comer, in a sermon on 1 Corinthians, speaks of the fear and the love of God.
When staying in Pacific City, “…I always hike out to the cape. If you have not been there, you need to go. It jets way out into the ocean. It’s like rock and gorgeous and crazy and beautiful. And I love to go out there. You go and you hike up around the no trespassing sign and you go, and to get out to the end of the cape, you need to walk right next to the cliff. And it’s one of my favorite places on earth. There’s a spot where it’s only about four feet wide between the cliff and the fence that you are not allowed on the other side of. And you walk right there. And the wind is at times fierce and violent and howling all around you. and you bend down and there’s hundred of feet down. And there’s jagged rock. And the ocean is screaming and splashing up. And I love the feeling when I walk there. It feels like fear. I know one wrong step and I’m dead. And I love that feeling. Because I am in the presence of raw, untamed, violent beauty. One wrong step and I am dead; but there is no where on earth I would rather be. That is the creation. That’s rocks, and sand, and wind, and waves. Can you imagine what the Creator is like? That is the best way for me to image the fear of the Lord— scared to death, one wrong step, you’re dead, and at the same time, alive and awake, and you don’t want to be anywhere else on the planet. May you live in the love of God and the fear of God, at the same time.”
