You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.
- Deuteronomy 13:4 (NKJV)
One of my favorite childhood games we played in school was “follow the leader”.
The teacher would line us up and we would walk around the classroom, maybe sharpening a pencil, hugging a stuffed toy, putting a pin in a bulletin board.
We got to take turns being the leader, and the teacher would give us little hints on what we should lead our classmates to do.
It sounds like it was all fun and games, but in reality, this process was teaching us things!
We learned to put trash in the bin, to pick up piles of toys, to stack blocks, to be kind.
When we follow the Lord, we learn things too.
We learn to love one another, to help each other, to respect those in authority.
I think the word “fear” has a negative connotation though, fearing the Lord does not mean fear like a fear of clowns or spiders.
To fear God involves recognizing that He has the power to punish those who arrogantly disobey Him, yet He loves us enough to forgive us when we repent.
To fear God means that we stand in awe of Him, and that we honor Him in all we do.
Follow Him. You’ll learn a lot.
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