Those who have been spiritually enabled to love God for Himself will find a thousand fountains springing up from the rainbow circled throne and bringing countless treasures which are to be received with reverent thanksgiving as being the overflow of God’s love for His children. Each gift is a bonus of grace which because it was not sought for itself may be enjoyed without injury to the soul. These include the simple blessings of life, such as health, a home, a family, congenial friends, food, shelter, the pure joys of nature or the more artificial pleasures of music and art.
Reverence
Brennan Manning
We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
This present age is so flippant that if a man loves the Saviour he is styled a fanatic, and if he hates the powers of evil he is named a bigot.
T Sargent
God is the almighty, not the all-matey.
Dr Jim Richards
It is not a fear of God hurting us; it is the fear of breaking God’s heart and hurting our relationship. At this point some would say, “but I’m in Christ, nothing can hurt our relationship.” This is a person who has a doctrinal arrangement, not a relationship. Maybe we need to rethink and realize nothing can hurt my standing but disrespect and unfaithfulness can hurt the relationship.
Brennan Manning
I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery.
Francis of Assisi
Where there is fear of God to keep the house, the enemy can find no way to enter.
Matthew Henry
Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.
John Owen
It is a throne of grace that God in Christ is represented to us upon; but yet is is a throne still whereon majesty and glory do reside, and God is always to be considered by us as on a throne.
Joy Dawson
The fear of the Lord means being more impressed with God’s reactions to our actions than with other people’s reactions.