Perfect Love
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18.
Are you gripped with fear about something?
Do not give in to despair.
There is hope.
Love is the answer to overcoming your fear because love is the Christian’s security blanket.
When you were a child, did you have a teddy bear or a blanket that gave you a sense of security—something you wanted to hold close to you and get wrapped up in?
The Holy Spirit of God is the believer’s warm, loving security blanket.
Have you read the verse:
“Perfect love casts out fear”?
It may not have rung true to you because you are thinking-
“I can never manage to achieve “perfect love.”
But this is not the way to look at this verse.
Listen to it in The Living Bible, which says:
“We have no fear of someone who loves us perfectly.”
God’s perfect love can eliminate all dread.
It is not our love for Him, but His perfect love for us that will cast out our fears.
The question isn’t “Am I brave enough?”
The question is “Do I trust His love enough?”
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