But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

proverbs 4:18


now don't that make you extremely frightened and incredibly encouraged. 

God uses lust to impel men to marriage, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith.

luther's table talk,

from here i stand by roland bainton, ch.17 p.230

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us.

1 john 4:18-19