The Forgotten Fear

Kyle Kauffman // July 16 2023

We rarely speak of fearing God today and even when we do, we can still end up easily misunderstanding what it means to fear God. Though we all know what it feels like to fear something the idea of fearing God often remains unclear and fuzzy to us. We wonder if we should still fear God today. And if so, what should that fear look like? Does fear mean that we should be afraid of God? Or is fear only something non-Christians should experience because they have not yet come under God’s grace? Fear of God can feel like something that we read about in our Bibles and yet are unsure about in our lives. But we need to recognize that a right fear of God is actually the doorway into wisdom, hope, joy, and peace.