1 John 4:12-18 KJV
[12] No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. [13] Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. [14] And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. [15] Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. [16] And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. [17] Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. [18] There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
What is being made perfect in love?
Is it that we will be perfect as God is perfect when we love like Him? Does it mean that we become like Him as we live in the love that He is? What does being made perfect in love really mean?
Well God is love, and the fruit of love is selflessness. When we live in love we become bolder because love knows no end, it covers a multitude, it reaches the deepest parts of the hidden valleys, it outstretched It’s arms, it is slow to anger, it is full of joy and compassion, it is healing, it is giving it is perfect. As we live in love we live in perfection of who God is. We have a skewed idea of love based on what we see around us, on television and the twisted mindsets the world shares with us about what love really is. I encourage you to read in the Word what love really is, it isn’t half-hearted, it is fully committed, fully devoted surrender. Love is full
God is love
So when we dwell in that all encompassing, never ending love we dwell in God and it is there where all of our flaws are dealt with and made new and perfect, we dwell in the perfection of his love that covers a multitude of wrongs.
Choose love, choose to live in the freedom of what love really is, not what you’ve been fed.
Let love lead you and do not be afraid because there is no fear in love.
Dear Heavenly Father you are calling me to love. You are calling me to be made perfect in your love. Help me not to be afraid to receive your love and to pour out the love you have given me, help me to be bold in spirit and in mind and to confess that you are Lord. Therefore, as my Lord you lead me to be like you, love. May I love the way you do and may I be made whole in love, take all of my flaws and made me new in Jesus’s name, amen.