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  YOUR MOTIVATING FACTOR                 FAITH VS FEAR   Have you noticed we are continually bombarded with voices and information?   They tell us, “eat this… don't eat that… watch out for BPA’s… take antioxidants to ward off cancer… avoid purines for gout… eat these oils… take this to heal… consume that to avoid diabetes… use this cookware to prevent Altzheimer’s… don't reheat these foods, it'll cause… WHATEVER!”     1Cor14:10KJV “There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world...”     I remember as a child on a hot summer day, turning on ANY spigot, and drinking from the garden hose... not thinking about bacteria, germs, bugs, disease, etc ... and that was BEFORE I knew anything about the WORD OF GOD and His covenant of life and health with us       Ahhhhhh... THAT’S why the continual onslaught…         ...

  THE FEAR OF THE LORD   As a little kid I was taught songs that were intended to scare you straight.    "be careful little eyes what you see..  ears what you hear... mouth what you speak...   He is watching, watching, watching over you."    The concept of a huge eye in the sky who sees and knows EVERYTHING was terrifying!   Even Strong's Exhaustive Concordance describes the Hebrew word translated "FEAR" as: dreadful, exceedingly, fearfulness… and… depending on context… reverential awe.     So, when you are taught Proverbs1:7 "THE FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of wisdom", they lean heavily on the part of the definition of dread and terror of what God might do to you on the Day of Judgement... but only incidentally tagging that it is REALLY "holy awe and respectful reverence"... ...ALL of which still keeps us fixated on the vast chasm between us and Him...        ...