Fear and Goodness

Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days. -Hos 3:5
They are to fear the Lord even though they know his goodness. Knowing God's goodness does not cast out our fear. If we know the true God, we know he is an all consuming fire roaring like a lion...yet a merciful savior as gentle as a lamb. He is not one or the other, he is completely both.