Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with the utmost reverence:

“Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.”
(Psalms 2:11-12)

What a politically incorrect demand, Jesus!

Most Christian leaders don’t talk like this anymore.

They tell us to serve You without fear.

They want us to rejoice in You with confidence –
not with trembling.

They tell us to forget what we’ve heard about a scary God of wrath.

We never hear a word about the possibility of being destroyed

because we don’t show You the proper affection
because an outpouring of Your anger
can flare up at any time.

They’re offering us a sanitized version of You
then wondering why so many people feel so free

to live their lives in casual defiance of Your Word.

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Genesis 20:11; Exodus 20:20; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; 2 Samuel 23:3-4; 2 Chronicles 26:5; Psalms 55:19; Acts 5:1-10; Acts 9:31; Romans 3:10-18; 2 Timothy 4:1-5; Hebrews 10:26-31

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.