To fear the Lord means to respect who He is, what He says, and what He does. It is not the cringing fear of a slave before a master but the loving reverence of a child before a father, a respect that leads to obedience. “The remarkable thing about fearing God,” said Oswald Chambers, “is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.(Be Patient, Weirsbe)
This statement being true can it then be said that not fearing God is the root cause of anxiety and depression? I personally believe we can fear God in certain areas of our lives yet retain our pride in other areas and in so doing we cause ourselves great emotional distress. Even though we love God and seek to follow Him have we truly given all to Him in reverence and fear as the word tells us to?
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