92 “Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.”
Deuteronomy 2:25
The fear of God is in us all and we know that He exists and will carry our His sovereign will in all circumstances. The wicked hate Him and say they do not believe but all know the presence of the Lord and know that they are accountable. No one is without understanding and no one is without the fear of the Lord. The Lord our God will not be mocked and will hold us all accountable before His face. The wicked know this too, but in a kind of blind madness they reject Him and seek to live life without His presence and without His holy law. We are lawless without the Lord and will wander on through life at our own merit and fail to sort out our position before Him.
In the same vein, the lawless reject the people of God and sideline them to a position on the outside of life. The wicked reject the words of the wise people of God and do not acknowledge the truth about God. They assign themselves to their own truth, which is no truth but the lies of the evil one. This is the way to a lost eternity and the sure and certain hope of hell forever. This should frighten anyone but the wicked rail at it and do not turn from their way to the ways of God. At the same time God puts the dread of His truth in their hearts so that they are not free and are not secure. They see this in the people of God and are left feeling on edge and outside the fold of God.
Let us be wise and set our minds and hearts to the Lord and not to outside influences.
