This is one of those verses that sticks with you, probably through your whole life, and every year it means something a little different. The second verse is an important place to start, because it helps us realize that your salvation brings God pleasure. If we can start with that orientation, then it helps us remove the anxiety, because we understand that God wants us to be saved. When we're looking at things through that lens, then working out our salvation becomes a matter of figuring out how to accept what Christ has done moreso than trying to figure out how to achieve it. If we're rooted in trying to achieve it, we'll always end up on a treadmill where it's always right in front of us and yet we've never done enough, because how could we ever do enough to reach perfection?
But if the fear and trembling is rooted in awe of who God is and how awesome God is and what kind of love God has for us, then fear and trembling leads to joy, because we're so amazed at the things God has done for us. If our journey starts with God's pleasure and then leads us to be amazed at God's love for us, it's far more likely to create in us hearts that beat for the glory of God.
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