Tremble at His Word.

Tremble at God’s Word.

Isaiah 66:2

Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being? Declared the LORD. “This is the one I esteems: he who is humbled and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.

Respect  what God says and fear to disobey it.

Psalms 119:120

My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.

The Jews experienced this when Ezra exposed their sins.

Ezra 9:4

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.

The prophet Habakkuk experienced it when he saw the vision of God’s judgment.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.

Paul urged, “Work out your own salvation (Christian life) with fear and trembling.

Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence –continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.