reverent fear

Dale Rooks, a school crossing guard in Florida, tried everything to get cars to slow down through the school zone. But nothing worked…until he took a blow dryer and wrapped it in electrical tape, making it look like a radar gun.

Dale just points the thing at cars, and it’s incredible how quickly they hit the brakes.

"It’s almost comical," Dale says. "It’s amazing how well it works."

Do you ever notice how when you see a police car the natural reaction is to touch the brakes and check your speed even if you are not speeding. Why? Because we have a healthy fear of getting a ticket.

People aren’t afraid of the crossing guard and what he can do to them, but they are afraid of the police and what the police can do to them. They obey not because of what they are being asked to do (slow down) but because of WHO is asking them. 

When it comes to doing what the Lord asks us, we need to make sure our emphasis is on WHO gave the order – not WHAT the order is.

“Be holy, because I am holy.” 17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. (1 Peter 1.16-19)

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him. (Psalm 89.7)

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