
To fear God is to desire to live in harmony with His righteous standards and to honor Him in all that you do. We do not naturally seek to honor God, because our sinful natures lead us to pursue selfish pleasures instead of delighting in God and discovering the joy of knowing and loving Him. The Hebrew word translated into ‘awe’ in the Scriptures is “yirah יראה”, pronounced “yir-ah”. It often directly translates into…