Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Respecting Fear

 “Why shouldn’t he respect you?” Satan remarked.
Job 1:9

Job was tested to see if he respected God for who God was, and not because God treated him well. I am struck with the horrifying thought that I must likewise respect God (and everyone else) simply for being God (or everyone else).

This is tough to swallow. In my younger days I wanted to be an iconoclast, a destroyer of tradition (and hence disrespectful), and here I find that what God wants to destroy is disrespect.

Amen.



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