In the past I struggled with fear, and as I read the scripture in 1John 4:18 There Is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. I must say I had no understanding at first. The word perfect means complete. I discovered as I developed a love relationship with Jesus and as it grew stronger, my heart began to trust Him. It was beautiful and fear began to fade and eventually disappeared, because I knew He was with me and would take care of me. But of course, it didn’t happen overnight,
{1 John 4: 18} The Lord wanted me to wait and keep on waiting and all the years I waited, I worked on my relationship with the Lord and what a blessing In disguise to wait because as the time went on, it was easier to wait and I fell so In love with the Lord nothing else mattered anymore.
May God according to the riches of His glory
strengthen you with might in your spirit, by the Holy Spirit
so Christ may dwell in your heart by faith
so you can be rooted and grounded in His love
and experience the love of Christ to the fullest
and be made complete in Him. {Eph.3:16-21}
This is what we need to do today to survive, we need to be strengthened by God with the power of the Holy Spirit working In and through our spirits. So Christ can dwell In our hearts by faith. We need to be rooted and grounded in His love so we can experience to the fullest the love of Christ, then we are made complete In Him. Perfected In His love casts out all of our fears.
When we are perfected In His love there Is trust!
So how do we get to that place of a deep relationship with the Lord
Feed on God’s word…
BUILD up yourselves in the most holy faith praying in the Holy Spirit
KEEP yourselves in the love of God
(Don’t get distracted with other things but keep seeking Him, He loves it when we seek Him. Keep within His boundaries, walk In the Spirit and be led by the Spirit) Keep feeding on His word. I started with book of Psalms and kept speaking it into my life and praying it as well, every day)
LOOKING for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, keep our eyes on Jesus
Now to Him who Is able to keep you from stumbling
And to present you faultless before the presence of His glory
with exceeding joy to God our Saviour who alone is wise
Be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever
Amen
Jude verses 20-25
I published a book titled “A New Peace of Mind” by my pen name, Lollita Faith and it is available on Amazon.com. It tells more of how I overcame fear.
God bless you, love and prayers, Jan (Lollita Faith)
© Passionate Heart LFH
Author June Hodgins 