“Where God’s love is there is no fear, because God’s perfect love drives out fear” 1 John 4:18 NCV.
We fear rejection, so we follow the crowd. We fear not fitting in, so we take the drugs. For fear of standing out, we wear what everyone else wears. For fear of blending in, we wear what no one else wears. But those saturated in God’s love don’t sell out to win the love of others. They don’t even sell out to win the love of God.
We all need improvement, but we don’t need to woo God’s love. We change because we already have God’s perfect love. Perfect love is just that—a perfect knowledge of the past and perfect vision of the future. God knows your entire story, from first words to final breath, and with clear assessment he declares, “You are mine.”
By Max Lucado
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Further Reading
• Perfect Love – by Vonette Bright
• Perfect Love Casts Out Fear – by Phil Ware
• God Covers Your Faults with His Perfect Love – by Jon Walker