His Love means My Peace
My beautiful wife Delisa lead Kids Club at our Saturday afternoon outreach at KCM in North Philly yesterday. Her topic was Jesus, the Prince of Peace. For kids in the inner city, "Shalom" is an obvious need. To conclude her teaching she had the kids write down things on a napkin that take their peace away. Then she had them pour water on each napkin and watch them disintegrate away.
As I closed my eyes to think on what takes my peace, fears came to my mind more than anything else. Fear in general and fear of failure, fear of lack, fear of.... I realized (or God reminded me) that most of the fears on my mind dealt with issues that haven't happened yet, but might. They were future possible events. Can I trust my Heavenly Father with my future? Can I ask Him to take this fear away about events down the road?
I then realized (or God reminded me) that He really does love and care for me. So YES, I can trust Him over future outcomes. I can have peace and I began sensing it right then with my eyes closed.
I later remembered ( or God reminded me) of the Scripture in 1John4, "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."
You are LOVED. Have a peaceful day. Later, Stephen
As I closed my eyes to think on what takes my peace, fears came to my mind more than anything else. Fear in general and fear of failure, fear of lack, fear of.... I realized (or God reminded me) that most of the fears on my mind dealt with issues that haven't happened yet, but might. They were future possible events. Can I trust my Heavenly Father with my future? Can I ask Him to take this fear away about events down the road?
I then realized (or God reminded me) that He really does love and care for me. So YES, I can trust Him over future outcomes. I can have peace and I began sensing it right then with my eyes closed.
I later remembered ( or God reminded me) of the Scripture in 1John4, "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."
You are LOVED. Have a peaceful day. Later, Stephen
posted by The Fountain at Philadelphia | 6:35 PM
1 Comments:
I can definitely relate to this concept. To say that I didn't have a little bit of fear about the next step after graduation would be a lie. Fear of retaking the MCAT, fear of losing touch with the people here who mean the most to me, etc. Isn't it amazing that no matter how well He has taken care of us in the past...we still doubt. It's actually quite ironic.
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