Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 6/18/13 - Just What Are You Afraid Of?

"We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. We love each other because he loved us first." I John 4:16-19 NLT

Most of us when we first came into recovery and into a relationship with God, readily admitted that fear ran our lives. Fear of intimacy, fear of others, fear of ourselves, fear of our circumstances, fear of the unknown, even fear of getting caught many times had us paralyzed or in a state of overcompensation to prove we weren't afraid.

What's sad is how many folk that have been in Christ and in recovery for many years are still allowing fear to run their life. The text tells us we have nothing to fear because of God's love. There is nothing that we will encounter in life that His love can't overcome. The more we immerse ourselves in His love the less we have need to be afraid. No matter what comes down the pike, His love will provide us the courage to face it. Through the power of His love we are able to face everything and recover.

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