We Make It Transactional
We say we believe in God.
The demons also do — and tremble.
Yet we — have lost the fear of Him.
We believe for benefits, without reverence.
There is a growing fluency in the language of faith.
The more fluent it becomes, the more hollow it often sounds.
We declare belief with ease—on pulpits, profiles, and posters.
“God is good,” we proclaim.
But dare we ask: Are we good in His eyes?
There’s a sobering competition with demons
Because demons believe — and with awe.
Reverent fear of the authority of holiness.
They know better than to trivialize the sacred.
But we have lost the genuine awe of David.
In this, they ironically set a higher standard.
True awe is not in how loudly we declare belief,
But in what that belief produces.
Reverence. Trusting obedience.
The courage to submit, even in sacrifice.
It is the posture of positive sacred fear —
Not terror, but alignment.
Not dread, but deference.
Yet today, belief has become a bargaining chip.
A spiritual language of entitlement.
Our faith has mutated into a leverage tool,
Deployed to attract blessing, influence outcomes, or justify desires.
It’s no longer about God — it’s about gain.
We’ve grown casual in the presence of the holy.
Transactional in our orientation.
We use God’s name, but often forget God’s nature.
A Pause for Ponder
Perhaps the most dangerous form of faith
Is not unbelief, but belief without awe.
Belief that speaks, but does not shudder.
Belief that demands, but will not bow.
May our faith recover its spine.
May reverence return where rhetoric has taken over.
For if even demons tremble
What does it say of us,
If we no longer can?
