Our walk with God is far more than we may realize.  Think about it with me,  the Lord who is love itself, loves us more than we can ever imagine. His grace and mercy for us is endless and eternal as long as we follow His direction and live in Awe of Him.  Living in Awe of God is not a walk of fear of failure but one of fear and reverance for Him.   But how is it that wewho are finite and limited can live a life that will please a God who is infinite and divine? 

Yet that is what we are called to do by the one who has made us. The westminster shorter cathecism says, "The whole duty of man is to love God and enjoy Him forever."  Isn't that great, God wants us love Him and to enjoy the walk that He has given us to share not only in this life but also in eternity to come. What can we do than to live in Awe of God while at the same time loving Him and enjoying Him? 

Let's take it a step at a time.  Jesus said that the greatest commandment that each follower of His  should fulfill, would be to love the Lord with all your heart, all your strength and all your mind. With everything we do with everything we think with everything we are.  Wow what a command, what an expectation, what a mandate. The question that we have to ask ourselves is, does my life reflect that kind of love, does my heart go to Him, do my thoughts wander to Him or to something else.

There may be some tangible steps that we can make to see how we are doing and whether or not our love for God is true and growing and if we are living in Awe or if we are just becoming religious in our actions.  For me there are a few steps that help me to remember whose I am and who I serve.  If you notice in the entries in this blog or in anything that we write, I have made it a habit to always capitilize every pronoun that refers to the God that loves me and has changed and is in the process of changing me.  For me although capitilizing pronounns may not be gramatically correct , in my life it is relationally correct with the God I love.  There is something for me about respecting the Lord in this small way that reminds me to stand in Awe of God in bigger ways.  Ways that also affect a relationship that I must cultivate on an ever increasing level.  We cannot become complacent with where we are in our walk with God.  Living in Awe of God will require us to  take a new look at our lives with God.  The Word of God says the fear (awe and respect) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.  In what ways are we living that shows God and others that we are living in Awe of God?