The Disappearing Fear of God

Is the Fear of God disappearing in our world? When I talk about fear, I am not talking about being scared of the boogeyman type of fear, I am talking about the fear that means honor and respect. Look around at our world, where do we see people being in awe of someone or something and giving that someone or something honor and respect, almost like we can't be in the presence of that person without falling to our knees saying -- we are not worthy. I see it with certain groups of people as they look at professional athletes -- side note, will Favre be a Viking? -- pop stars -- Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus where 10,000's of young girls screaming, crying, to be at her concert, movie stars that have people willing to do anything to get their signature, their signature and that scribbling on a piece of paper is worth $1000's.

What do we do with God in our society -- we push Him, even the mention of Him out of our schools, we teach theories that go against His nature as truth, we ignore a relationship with Him, we don't spend time with Him, we find reasons not to publicly get together. I sometimes even feel awkward to bring God up in a normal conversation.

Something happened over the past generation where we as a culture have forgotten to fear God. Because of that I believe we are missing out on the promises and blessings of God. If we are not careful, we will raise up a generation that does not fear God, that does not respect God, that does not honor God, and does not know God. If we allow this to happen, I fear -- the scary kind of fear -- that we will lose the blessing of our amazing God and I never want to turn away from the face of God or be a part of something that rejects the love of God.

Join me in reinvesting in launching into living out the Fear of God.