Fear or love?

I try to use this blog as a tool  to do whatever I can to build the Kingdom of God. But a question nags at me: am I doing this because I'm afraid of God,  or because I genuinely love him?

I  first became a Christian because was afraid of Hell. I don't think that's the best motivation, but it's a legitimate one. However, if that's still the main reason I obey years later, there's something wrong.

The question becomes one of love. I know God loves us; his actions prove it. I've always said that the scariest passage in Scripture is Matthew 7.21-23, in which people tell Jesus all the good things they did in his name, only to hear he never knew them.

I don't want to hear that.