Walking in the fear of God

It's very powerful to have understanding of the command - the practice - to fear God and to fear God only.

If you are able to be awake and watchful and to fear God only and to maintain that state through all the warring of the Old Man with the New Man and the New Man with the World and the Devil you will be involved in the process of sanctification as a fusing of your inner being towards the understanding, conscience, and real will that is the image of God.

You have to get to where you can feel the difference (in real time, in real events and situations and circumstances) of walking in the fear of God vs. walking in the fear of man. You're surrounded by the world and the devil, and it's all inside you as well, so to walk in the fear of God requires effort and attention and valuation to get performed. Walking in the fear of man just happens without effort. It happens in the comfort and sleep of everyday life. And the fears and desires of everyday life. You, though, have to actually awaken in the moment to walk in the fear of God. You have to come out of the fear of man to be in the fear of God.

In fact all that the Bible tells you to do requires you to make an effort to awaken in the moment. To love God and neighbor is not natural and doesn't happen in the sleep of life.

And you have to have something within you to awaken to. Some basic internal presence to stand on. Some degree of real 'I' within you. It is that 'I' that prays, when you do pray. That still-weak little - often overwhelmed - unsteady yet strong and growing, slightly embarassed 'I' that is present within you when you engage in simple prayer to God. Find that I, and consciously come into the fear of God only. And be prepared for the battles with the world, the devil, and yourself that will inevitably follow.