GOD MAKES ME FEEL AS IF I’M THE MOST LOVED PERSON IN THE WORLD
Like yesterday, I loved a post on Tumblr.com:
“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 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.” — 1 John 4: 16-18 (NIV)
In that anxious moment, I was instantly reminded that God’s love drives away all fear from me. I thought back to all the terrible situations I’ve been up against and how God always showed up as if asking, ‘Who’s messing with my Nik?!?’ Those times have seriously built up my FAITH and CONFIDENCE in Him! His love drives away ALL fear!
Fast forward to this morning, I go to have an appointment with Him on our family’s website, and this old post showed up:
“I told you these things so that you can have peace in me (God). In this world YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE but be brave! I have defeated the world.” – John 16:33
I always imagine God winking at me when I read this verse! HIS LOVE CASTS AWAY ALL MY FEARS (Wink! Wink!) that even when bad things happen, I know that it’s from the hands of a loving God who knows what’s best for us.”
After reading that, I quickly remembered that my husband was waiting for us to have an appointment with God together. I grabbed Jesus Calling, a meditation book of over 700 pages, and prayed, “God, what do You have to say to my husband and me today?” I randomly opened to this, written as if God was speaking directly to us:
“LET MY LOVE seep into the inner recesses of your being. Do not close off any part of yourself from Me. I know you inside and out, so do not try to present a “cleaned-up” self to Me. Wounds that you shut away from the Light of My Love will fester and become wormy. Secret sins that you “hide” from Me can split off and develop lives of their own, controlling you without your realizing it.
Open yourself fully to My transforming Presence. Let My brilliant Love-Light search out and destroy hidden fears. This process requires time alone with Me, as My Love soaks into your innermost being. ENJOY MY PERFECT LOVE, WHICH EXPELS EVERY TRACE OF FEAR. (Wink! Wink!)”
This lined up too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence IN THIS 700 PAGE DEVOTIONAL!!! From my appointment with Him yesterday on Tumblr, to our website, to five minutes later, this meditation book, was all God revealing His invisible Presence, reminding me of His deep love that drives away all fear. I got goosebumps all over, showing them to my husband in excitement, ‘God is with us, sweetie!!!”
And He is with you, too! Please take some time to seek Him and see what He has to say to you! I love Tumblr.com where I search for posts tagged “God” and He speaks directly to me!
