Exodus 15: The Right Kind of Fear

“The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’ 
But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.  “Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders? 
You stretched out your right hand and the earth swallowed them.
“In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling. 
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia. - Exodus 15:9-14 NIV

 We are such a weak people and as a result we attribute that same weakness to God, but that is not the case.  There is nothing weak or subservient about our God.  God is a fearful god, one to be feared, but he is not fearful, full of fear.  On the contrary, he knows how great his power is and because of that, he is gentle, longsuffering, forgiving when we are prone not to be. 

If he is too fearful to contemplate, if his power is so vast that with just one breath, he can cause the seas to rise and cover our enemies, we need to re-consider what we are afraid of.  Rather than fearing our enemies, we should fear the fate that awaits them because of their unbelief and disobedience. Rather than being worried about what their political position is going to do to our comfort level, we should be worrying about why our testimony doesn't convict them of the need for our God. We are surrounded by friends, neighbors and family who are desperately in need of a relationship with God.  If Christ's message is not getting through, it is because of the messengers not the message. Somewhere along the line, Christians stopped being bold in the message of hope to those in sin and started being bold in their condemnation of the sinners.  It has to stop or we will have to face the wrath of God for not getting his message of salvation across. We cannot fear the boasting of the enemy, we have the living God on our side.  We must instead fear for the outcome when they have to face God.  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Hebrews 10:30 KJV)