This was like a whole revelation to me, although i've read this verse before, it seems that this time when i read it, it actually meant so much more to me. After prayer meeting on Weds night, aaron came up to me and told me that i am actually greater than this person and that person if i wanted to be. He said that i had so much more potential in me, but im not letting it out. Well, i told him that i sorta knew about it, but there was this barrier that was blocking me from releasing this 'potential' in me out. I roughly knew what that barrier was and it was this fear, fear i had of actually meeting God, seeing His face, and hearing His voice. But i don't know what to do to overcome thiss barrier or wall that was right in front of me.
Then i came across this verse, and everything made so much sense after. I have this fear of being punished for all the sins that i've done, even though i know that i have been forgiven and after that try not to sin. I always end up sinning buy saying something wrong, or having a bad thought, and after that i feel so bad, then i pray for forgiveness again and He forgives me. However this cycle just continues and continues, no matter how hard i try to not sin, i always end up sinning somehow.. and it is because of that i have this fear of being punished. I realized that i don't have this perfect love for God and i still don't know so much about Him. So to overcome this fear, i just have to keep on learning to love God more and more till this fear of having an actual encounter with Him goes away. Then i guess i'll be able to pass this barrier.

Another interesting thing that i read from 'The God Chaser' that is worth a thought is when the author writes
' In all my reading and study of the Bible, I have never found any person mentioned in the Scriptures who really had an "God encounter" and then "backslid" and rebelled against God. Once you experience God in His glory, you can't turn away from Him or forget His touch. It's not an argument or a doctrine; its an experience.'

Amen! may we all who have an encounter with God, never backslid and rebel against God, coz a true encounter is an experience that we will never forget!