Thursday, October 22, 2009

Fear of God

Moses experienced both kinds on different occasions. In Exodus 4:24-26 there is a disturbing account of the first kind of fear - the fear of the disobedient servant. Moses and Zipporah are on their way to Egypt with their family. Moses' firstborn son is uncircumcised. In a single shattering sentence we learn that "at a lodging place on the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him." Only after Zipporah carried out the circumcision, smearing the blood on Moses' foot, did the danger pass.

John White, When The Spirit Comes With Power, p. 85

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