Today as I was driving and I noticed a bumper sticker that said, "Make love not war". Isn't is sad how our world now views and see love. It is something that seems so cheap now and it's a word that is thrown around with such ease and carelessness sometimes. I was reading in my Bible today and I came across one of my favorite verses. "Perfect love cast out fear".
What does it mean to have "perfect love"? Is that a sexual love, is it a brotherly love, is it a committed love. I know in my own life I have times where I doubt the Lord and His plan for me. However I must ask myself if my love for Christ is perfect. If it was would I have such doubt and fear about my future? It is a question that must be asked and my immediate answer would be that no, my love is not perfect. Another translation says, "complete love cast out fear". If this is the case then is my love for the Lord incomplete...even as I am listening to my iPod right now the song that is playing is called, "Is it Love". Interesting is it not.
So my challenge for myself and for those reading would simply be thing; is your love for Christ complete, is it perfect? If not, if you have fear in your life then ask the Lord to make it complete. This is what I am doing. Ask the Lord to give you a sincere love for those around you.
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Boodge, what an awesome sharing of your faith. What is love? Can it really be perfect? As it says, God first loved us, that He sent Jesus. Why is it that it's so hard for us to love Him back? Why is it that I'm constantly reminded of the Old Testament Israel? God loves, loves, and loves us more, and Israel would be obedient, but then complacent, and then sinful. Why can't we have a perfect love which sustains us? How do we achieve this? How do we get into a loving relationship with our Lord that no matter what happens in our lives, good or bad, we love Him no less, and forever more? This is the question I strive to answer...
Yeah man you bring out some good points. I don't know if we ever get to a point where we don't go back to the old self. I guess it's that whole battle of the Spirit and the flesh.
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