Fear and Love God

True reverence for God includes both fear and love—fear, to keep him in our eye; love, to enthrone him in the heart; fear, to avoid what may offend; love, to yield a prompt and willing service; fear, to regard God as a witness and judge; love, to cleave to him as a friend and father; fear, to render us watchful and circumspect; love, to make us active and resolute; love, to keep fear from being servile or distrustful; fear, to keep love from being forward or secure; and both springing from one root, a living faith in the infinite and ever-living God.—Cope