Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s. But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God.”
(Exodus 9:29-30 ESV)
Do you fear the Lord God?
I always had problems with this especially now as a father. But I think now as a father I understand it more than I did before.
I love my children and would do anything for them. I am what you would call a momma bear. You can do what ever you want to me, but the instant you go after or hurt my children, the gloves are off and you had better be ready for the fight of you life. I will do anything to protect them. I want them to know this. I want them to know that I love them. But I also want them to fear me.
Not fear in the sense of a slasher movie fear, like fear for your life. But a reverence, an understanding that I have control over them for their betterment. Not that I will lord it over them, but the things I do are for the best in their life.
I tell my daughters almost daily that I am the meanest father in the world. When they ask if they can do something, or we can go somewhere and I have to say no, I will say it is because I am the meanest father in the world. Thankfully they have not yet agreed with me. And respond that I am not and that they love me.
I love them more than my own life, and that is how God loves us. He gave his only Son so that we could be in a relationship with Him. And Moses knew that Pharaoh did not fear the Lord. Pharaoh did not respect God who controls everything even if you do not acknowledge it.
Do you have a reverential awe for God as the loving father who does everything for the best in your life? He is your daddy and momma bear! He has given His life for you and wants the best for you.
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