Last Sunday in church, as I saw the sermon's  title: Trembling at God's Word, a flashback to my early years (18 years old) in my Christian life played out on my mind. There was this Bible verses that made me fearful and trembling:

(Jesus said:) "If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand cause you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go to hell." (Matthew 5:29-30).

This passage made me very careful in living my Christian life - talk very little, less I said the wrong things and be very careful in doing things and actions. I was also very obedient to my spiritual leader. As a result, other Christians saw me as "a serious guy", the no nonsense type. Right or wrong, I don't know. All I know back then, (and now) was that I was "working out my salvation with fear and trembling".

This week, I completed reading the Book of Second Kings. Reading the Bible with my heart, I trembled at the sight of Gehazi, Elisha's servant, who was covered with leprosy. Greed and covetousness had a very high price, paid even down to his descendents. That fearful thought lingers within me for days, how a wonderful opportunity of serving under the Holy man of God turn out to be so terrifying wrong! God is watching how I serve, my motive and my inner being! What a stern reminder from God for me.

May the God's Word keep me trembling, I pray.

Blessings