Respect

Respect for God

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.” 
                                               Psalm 111:10.
I firmly believe we need to have a healthy “fear” of the Lord. By that I mean we need to have a healthy respect for God.
I don’t see God as a God of “do not’s”. A God who has a big stick ready to bash us with it if we do wrong. Quite the contrary I see a caring God.
Jesus said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
John 3:16,17
God wants us to be reconciled to Him that’s why he sent Jesus.
That being said we need to have a healthy respect for God. All too many Christians have lost that respect for God.
We have our own church speak that I think can at times be too flippant. We say “praise the Lord” for this or that at every turn. It has become a habit with so many people that they don’t even realize they are saying it. The whole phrase has become meaningless.
Some Christians have become I believe too “familiar” with God that they seem to show a lack of respect for Him. This should not be.
I like the way the Jews speak about God. When they write the name the write G_d. They don’t want to disrespect His name.
I once received a something from a Jewish source that had the names of God in it. At the beginning of the note it said, “ the following contains the names of G_d please treat it with respect.”.
This is the kind of reverence and respect we as Christians need to show to God.
We need to humbly and respectfully approach Him in prayer each day and say “Lord have your way in me.”
“Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
We must respect God in all that we do.
Do you?
Please think about it.