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Writer's pictureJoni

Day 23: Live Fearlessly


FEAR WAITS

 for the other shoe to drop,

because you know it will happen.

Oh how FEAR

 has kept me in a cocoon

of

WAIT,

but not the "good" kind of

WAITING ON GOD

while

WAITING IN JESUS

while

WAITING WALKING WITH THE SPIRIT.

But the FEAR WAIT

 that has no movement

as it keeps you in a standstill.

I have

FEARED LOSS,

by

anticipating more LOSS

to come knocking at my door

because I know LOSS. 

I have

FEARED HURT,

by anticipating more HURT

because I have been HURT.

But being human we will all have

LOSS & HURT,

but that isn't the end of the story.

For GOD took care of FEAR, . 

"For GOD has not given us a spirit of fear,

 but of power and of love and of a sound mind"

 (2 Timothy 1:7).

So where is LOVE when FEAR takes over?

If you FEAR this or that happening or not happening,

then you already made up your mind

that what you 

FEAR

will probably happen or not happen,

so where is LOVE?

FEAR is the silent killer of LOVE. 

 FEAR is void of LOVE. 

"So, no matter what I say,

 what I believe, and what I do,

I’m bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.Love cares more for others than for self.Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.Love doesn’t strut,Doesn’t have a swelled head,Doesn’t force itself on others,Isn’t always “me first,”Doesn’t fly off the handle,Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,Doesn’t revel when others grovel,Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,Puts up with anything,Trusts GOD always,Always looks for the best,Never looks back,But keeps going to the end.

 Love never dies" (I Corinthians 13:4-10).

GOD'S BEAUTIFUL LOVE

never stands still

because

GOD'S LOVE ACTIVELY stomps out

FEAR~

"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love"

 (I John 4:18).

So there is a CHOICE to make.

Do you and I

TRUST FEAR, WAIT IMPATIENTLY IN FEAR, and WATCH EXPECTANTLY IN FEAR?

Or do you and I

TRUST GOD

while

WAITING PATIENTLY ABIDING IN JESUS.

while

WATCHING EXPECTANTLY IN HIS LOVE

and

LIVE FEARLESSLY

by

LOVING with ALL you have~

"You must love the LORD your GOD with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind"

(Matthew 22:37).

For where there is HIS LOVE there is no FEAR. 

Margaret Nagib sums this up~

"Everything changed the day I realized that my heart's

been afraid of my mind, and my mind's fearful of my heart".

What do you FEAR?

Who do you FEAR?

How about have a

PERFECT FEAR

by

FEARING GOD,

the good kind of FEAR.

To stand in awe of HIS GREAT LOVE

that has been FREELY poured out

on the cross

that shouts,

"I LOVE YOU!"

For it is where you experience

THE GRACE of GOD'S LOVE

poured out in

A PERFECT FORGIVENESS,

A PERFECT FAVOR,

and

A PERFECT FREEDOM

that

puts FEAR in its place.

Goodbye FEAR

because you are

"PERFECTLY LOVED"

(listen to the song below)


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