What is the "Fear of God" ?

Every wondered what the fear of God truly is. We have probably all heard different explanations, some good and some bad. Let's start on a common sense level. Fearing God is not being afraid of God. God is love, and their is no fear in love. 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. (NKJV) Don't be afraid of God, but you might be a little freaked out at times when you truly see how big and awesomely real and powerful He is.
 

I'm sure the Egyptians were pretty freaked out when the Red Sea parted, and then closed in on them. But, before Love Himself closed the Red Sea on the Pharaoh and his Army He gave them many chances to turn from there self destruction. They chose their own destiny when they disobeyed Love.
 

Have you ever noticed that pretty much everytime an Angel showed up in scripture they first spoke, "Don't be afraid," or "Do not fear." In the reality of His revealing and majesty we can be greatly alarmed, but fear is not of God. Even Jesus Himself said this after He walked through the wall in His resurrected glory near the end of the Gospel of John, “Peace be with you.” I'm thinking He released peace to them firstly because they might have been a little startled that God just walked through the wall and appeared out of no where.

 You can gain much revelation into the nature of God by paying attention to what He is not saying, along with understanding what He is saying and why He is saying it.

"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate," Proverbs 8:13. The fear of the Lord is not to be terrified of God. Is He massive and able to move and do things that can freak us out? Absolutely, but the reason that everytime God showed up in majestic grandeur He first said, "Do not fear," is because their is no fear in Him. Fear is hell's faith, and when agreed with it sets hell's plans in motion for our life. Therefore, Fearing God has nothing to do with partnering with fear itself.

So what is it then? What is fearing God all about? If "The fear of the LORD is to hate evil," then fearing God means that you hate fear. Simple. You literally have a hatred towards hell's faith when you fear God. The faith of the realm that you cannot see, be it fear=hell, or love=heaven, will attract and activate the activity of that realm into your reality.

The reality of this is that intimately knowing Truth (which is the person of Jesus Christ) and staying in the constant renewing of the mind empowers you to see what is of heaven, and what is of hell. Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. (ESV)
 

The word for 'transformed' in the Greek is 'metamorphoó' - changed after being with, changing form in keeping with inner reality, transfigured. We get our English word metamorphosis from this Greek word. When your main focus is to intimately know Jesus you rapidly turn into your new creation reality of being born from above and re-presenting Heaven as a lifestyle. This lifestyle defy's fear from it's natural state of being.

The word for 'discern' in the Greek in this verse is 'dokimazo' - approve after testing, to show something is acceptable real and approved. If the renewed mind's manifestation is to prove what is of God, that means that knowing the will of God must be solidified in us. Knowing the will of God also means that you know what is not the will of God.
 

Thus, the meaning of fearing God, is knowing what is of hell and what is of heaven, and hating that which is of hell. Hell's manifestation- anything fueled by fear. Another mindset that needs addressing once this is revealed is this. We don't hate people that partner with fear, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age....," Ephesians 6:12.

We love people, all people. Loving people is what drives the fear out. We are called to spot the finger print of hell and co-labor with love to drive fear out for good, because we know what is of heaven and what is of hell through intimately knowing Truth (Jesus Christ).

We hate the manifestations of the devils character in people because we want people to experience true life and there is no life in the devil. The slightest onset of fear, once agreed with, puts the enemies plans in motion.

We hate pride, because "Pride goes before destruction," Proverbs 16:18. We love people so we stand in authority and love to stop pride from destruction being evident in people's lives. We hate arrogance because it is coupled with pride and brings about the same destruction in people's lives, ""Proud," "Haughty," "Scoffer," are his names, Who acts with insolent pride," Proverbs 21:24.

We hate the fear filled perverted talk that comes out of people's mouths because, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits," Proverbs 18:21. When people speak in ways that release the enemies plans, it brings destruction on themsleves and others, and since we love people we stand in authority to release love in people's lives instead of fear. Loving people means that you fight for their well being when they don't have the wherewithal to fight for themselves.

It is important to understand that when you know the will of God, it also means you know what is not the will of God. In this place of knowing His love and goodness, He has given us authority to halt fear's fruit from bearing in people's lives. Fearing God means that you hate fear and stand in authority to evict it and replace it will love.