Lou Priolo, On the Powerful Emotion of Fear

“Not only does the people-pleaser love the wrong thing (the approval of man rather than the approval of God), he fears the wrong thing as well – he fears the disapproval of man more than the disapproval of God. Fear is a powerful emotion. It has power for good as well as for evil. The right kind of fear (the fear of God, for example, or the fear of sin and its consequences) keeps us from danger. The wrong kind of fear leads us to danger. … It’s bad enough to inordinarily long for the approval of others. It’s much worse when such longings transcend one’s longing for God.” (Pleasing People, pgs. 23-24)