Who Is Afraid Of God?
Most of those who call themselves believers, profess that they
are afraid of God. What does this mean? Let us talk more about
this. Are they really afraid of God? Are they afraid of God as
much as they are afraid of their friends and others while doing
something wrong? For example, a colleague of yours has to rush
out and has left the mail box open. You are very curious to take
a look at it. If no one is around, will you be still afraid
thinking that at least God is watching? Please think about this.
God is supreme, but we forget about his presence most of the
times in our life. These screensavers describe God's supremecy
beautifully. God Our Father Our Only Survivor The truth is that we are
afraid of real people and not God. Except very few of us, most
of us don't always remember the presence of God at all the
places and during all the times. Take a marriage conducted alone
in a temple by a couple. Who was the witness? God. But if one of
the partner denies that marriage, or decides to keep the
marriage a secret, can anything be done by the other partner?
Nothing. Except praying to God, who was the witness, the other
partner can do nothing. Because no human being was the witness.
Was the partner who denied or chose to keep total secrecy and
lied about the marriage to society afraid of God? No.
This is very unfortunate, but true. Liars and those who believe
in deceiving others and themselves are not afraid of God, but
only of society. For them God's powers count for nothing. May
God bless such cheats, because only He can save them from their
treachery. There is a small Indian story of a teacher. Once he
gave all his pupils a slip of paper and asked them to return
after reading it at a place where no one was present. One of the
pupil did not return till late evening. The teacher went in
search for the boy, and found him in a corner of the jungle. He
asked him about the reason of not reading what was written on
the paper, and not returning. The boy replied- Holy Sir, you
instructed me to read this at a place where no one is present.
But I find that God is present everywhere. So where do I read
this? The teacher applauded the boy for his faith and learning
the truth.
The right way of living is to remember the presence of God at
all the place and during all the times. The right way to live is
to be afraid of God, and no human being.