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Writer's pictureJoni

Day 15: Perfect Love


GOD brought me DEEPER into my own FEARS

that were getting in the way of

FEARING GOD.

But isn't that what GOD does,

as HE takes you deeper into surrendering

ALL that gets in the way of fully

RECEIVING HIS PERFECT LOVE.

For FEARING GOD

 is to

LOVE GOD with

ALL your heart

ALL your soul,

and

ALL your mind,

And guess what?

I have fallen

DEEPER in LOVE with GOD

because of FEAR!

Wow. Only GOD. 

TO FEAR GOD is to LOVE GOD.

For when you

 REALLY FEAR GOD

HE will extinguish the

 FEARS of your heart

with

HIS PERFECT LOVE.

I am in awe

of how GOD has set me

 FREE

from so many irrational

 FEARS, 

because

HIS PERFECT LOVE

drives out FEAR~

"We need have no FEAR of SOMEONE who loves us perfectly; HIS perfect love for us eliminates all dread of what HE might do to us. If we are afraid, it is for fear of what HE might do to us and shows that we are not fully convinced that

HE really loves us" (I John 4:18).

I FEARED GOD for most of my childhood,

that seeped into adulthood,

because I didn't know the REAL GOD. 

I was like Eve in the garden after she ate the forbidden fruit,

hiding behind a bush in FEAR of GOD.

I hear GOD chuckle

because HE is always the winner in

HIDE & SEEK.

No matter where you may

HIDE,

HE SEES you.

And HE lets you HIDE,

yet HE does not stop

SEEKING.

HE waits for you to SEEK HIM.

And HE is always giving you opportunities to 

SEEK HIM,

amongst all the distractions

that strive to blind you from

SEEING HIM.

But think about how quiet you get

when you are the HIDER.

You become so STILL & QUIET

 so that the seeker won't find you.

But what if you become so

STILL

that you WILL hear the soft whisper of our

SEEKER

who gently invites you to

COME TO HIM,

as HE knocks on the door of your HEART

because HE wants to do LIFE with you.

HE WILL HIDE with you.

HE WILL CRY with you.

HE WILL BE ALONE with you.

HE WILL BE with you in your FEARS.

And because HE WILL,

FEAR washes away

because HIS LOVE takes first place.

So when FEAR comes knocking on the door of your heart,

FEAR THE LORD~

Let those who fear the LORD say:    "HIS love endures forever'" (PSALM 118:4).

Oh to FEAR THE LORD

is to embrace

HIS PERCET LOVE that never dies~

"Give thanks to the LORD, for HE is good.HIS love endures forever.(Psalm 136:1).

Oh how I know this to be true

as THE FEAR OF THE LORD

saved my life~

"Come and hear, all you who FEAR GOD;    let me tell you what HE has done for me.I cried out to HIM with my mouth; HIS praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart,    the LORD would not have listened; but GOD has surely listened    and has heard my prayer.Praise be to GOD,    who has not rejected my prayer" 

(Psalm 66:16-20).

Now that is my story, from the moment

I stopped HIDING from GOD in FEAR

and instead

FEARED GOD,

 30 years ago,

when I RECEIVED HIS PERFECT LOVE,

who is JESUS.

Therefore,

IN CHRIST

"I WILL FEAR NO MORE"

(listen to the song below)



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