Fear of God and Its Implementation

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue XI, November 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Fear of God and Its Implementation

 Susanto Kawi
Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Kharisma, Indonesia

Abstract: Fearing God and obeying His commands will have an impact on successful life for every human being who believes in Him. The purpose of this research is to explain whether or not the concept of fearing God will have an impact on humans who believe and obey His commands. Explanation from the perspectives of the New Testament and the Old Testament sees the condition of every human being who fears God has an impact on a successful life. The method used in this research is a qualitative method, namely library research, leveraging various data sources: the Bible, interpretation of holy books and other books that discuss the fear of God, which are arranged descriptively to achieve the goals and objectives of the research. In this study it was found that in every aspect of human life, both through human actions and behavior, there are many things in life that will make people feel fear and dither, either towards other humans or against other things. Fear of God experienced by humans is an ordinary thing, but the fear of God is a respect for God, and humans will experience a successful life if we humans obey and believe in accordance with the characteristics discussed in this study.

Keywords: Fear of God, Believer’s Life, lifestyle, respect, obey

I. INTRODUCTION

By looking at the story of Job, Job experienced a heartbreaking incident in his life. Job went through astonishing events after events. His first servant came to tell him that the Sheba people attacked and snatched the oxen and the donkeys and struck their guards with the blade of the sword (Job. 1:14-15). Then his second servant came and told him that the fire had caught, burned, and devoured the flock and the guards (Job. 1:16). The third servant came and told him that the Chaldeans had raided the camels and plundered them (Job. 1:17). The fourth servant came and told him that Job’s sons and daughters had died when the house fell down in a hurricane (Job. 1:18-19). Through the story of Job above, what is the meaning of fearing God based on Job 1:8-9? What did Job do when finding ‘incident after incident’ happening in his life? Did Job grumble and leave God? How is the implementation of fear of God in daily life through the story of Job?
From the questions above, the author feels the need to explore and get to know the true meaning of fear of God based on the book of Job. The author is interested in discussing this title because of the phenomena found in God’s children. When God allows a test or incident to occur, a lot of God’s children actually grumble, blame God, and even leave God because what they are going through is difficult.

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