{"id":3521,"date":"2026-04-23T05:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=3521"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:01:43","slug":"the-fear-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/de\/the-fear-of-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fear Of The Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3521\" class=\"elementor elementor-3521\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7d8770 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7d8770\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78e931a\" data-id=\"78e931a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-801470b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"801470b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Fear Of The Lord<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beabaf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"beabaf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"236\"><em>\u201cLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man\u2019s all.\u201d<\/em><br \/><em><strong data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"236\">Ecclesiastes 12:13<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"238\" data-end=\"371\">Everything in life boils down to this one simple truth: fearing God. So the all-important question is, what does it mean to fear God?<\/p><p data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"856\">When we think of fear, we often associate the word with terror. <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Webster&#8217;s Dictionary<\/span><\/span> defines fear as \u201ca feeling of anxiety and agitation produced by the presence or nearness of danger, evil, pain, etc.\u201d For many, this describes the feeling you get when you see a snake, go to the doctor or dentist, or find yourself in a time of extreme danger. It is a dread of the unknown. Surely, this is not the kind of fear <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Solomon<\/span><\/span> is referring to.<\/p><p data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"1174\">In our modern vernacular, the word <em data-start=\"893\" data-end=\"899\">fear<\/em>, in the context in which it is used by Solomon, has been replaced with <em data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"982\">reverence<\/em>, <em data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"989\">awe<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1010\">great respect<\/em>. What the writer of this book is saying is that we are to have a deep reverence and respect for the Lord. Literally, we are to be awed and humbled by His presence.<\/p><p data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1508\">Fearing God includes\u2014but is not limited to\u2014respecting and reverencing Him. Holy fear gives God the place of glory, honor, reverence, thanksgiving, praise, and preeminence that He deserves. Simply put, fearing God is to respect His holiness by hating what He hates and loving what He loves, with a wholesome dread of displeasing Him.<\/p><p data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1810\">When we truly fear the Lord, we recognize that He is the Creator and we are the creatures. He is the Master, and we are the servants. He is the Father, and we are the children. This attitude will manifest itself in our respect for God, His Word, and in our desire to do what He tells us in the Bible.<\/p><p data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"2166\">We can relate this kind of fear to that which a child has for his parents. When the right kind of fear is present, the child understands that his parents can discipline him if there is disobedience. Yet overriding that fear is the knowledge that disobedience grieves his parents. Because the child loves and respects them, he does not want to hurt them.<\/p><p data-start=\"2168\" data-end=\"2294\">To put it simply, the fear of the Lord is a deep-seated reverence for God that causes us to desire to please Him at all costs.<\/p><p data-start=\"2296\" data-end=\"2451\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"2296\" data-end=\"2317\">Anchor For Today:<\/strong> True fear of God is not terror, but a deep reverence that leads us to love what He loves, hate what He hates, and live to please Him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fear Of The Lord \u201cLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man\u2019s all.\u201dEcclesiastes 12:13 Everything in life boils down to this one simple truth: fearing God. 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