The Fear of God is discussed in a lot of parts in the Bible. The Bible also tells us to do things with fear and trembling. This fear of God is the realization of God's mastery of his creation.
I came across a wonderful and terrifying thought: Perhaps, God gives and takes away in order to show his mastery over creation. In the Bible, God specifically says to Moses that he makes people blind and deaf. Maybe this means he allows them to be so. Either way, he is responsible for this in some fashion. Then, we have our friend Jesus. He takes away people's blindness and such through His ministry. He does this in order that His glory, or moreso the Father's glory, can be shown.
Our biggest problem with God taking life or just taking away is that we don't have control of that. In a sense, this is derived from a desire in our sinful nature: the desire to be God.
This realization lead me to the Fear of the LORD and a whole new aspect of God.
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