Fear the Lord. I love when people say that means respect the Lord. There are plenty of words for respect, so why didn’t they use one of them? No, the bible writers meant fear.
I think I understand the fear of the Lord because even though I trust him fully. I am terrified.
Most of us normally pray the sissy’s prayer. When I stopped praying that and started praying to be useful, I started to be terrified of what God would do to me. Sure I trust him, but I know there’s a lot of work to be done on me and it will hurt like hell. But what can I say? “No, I’d rather be useless”? I must give myself fully to his fire, the accompanying agony… and immeasurable blessing.