Pure and simple…hate is strife. But our idea of
hate is that surge of emotion—rage—just before
you decide whether or not to do serious damage
to someone because you’re angry with them. But,
not so. When Adam was changed from life to
death, his faith turned into fear. And the love
of God inside him turned into hate because he
was now connected to Satan.
Yes, there are different degrees of hate, but it’s
all still hate. And the slightest bit of it is just as
mean and dangerous as the highest degree of it.
You may not be out to kill someone, but you’re
killing yourself. Because that’s what hate will do.
It will not only ruin your day, but it will age you
and ultimately kill you. I’m talking about all those
little hateful things someone might think, say or
do, all day long, never realizing what’s actually
happening. It’s that strife that builds and builds—
all day long, all week long, your whole life long.
That’s where you need to repent and deal with
those things the moment they pop up. Don’t
even allow the smallest grain of hate—or strife—
to remain in your spirit. Because, keep in mind,
we’re dealing with fear here. We’re dealing with
the spiritual connection to death
(Hebrews 2:14-15).
So walking around with hatred in your heart
toward your brother is not going to perfect the
love of God in your life—the love that casts out
all fear.
No, 1 John 2:11 says strife will throw you out in
the dark. And what’s out in the dark? Fear. The
moment fear presents itself to you in any shape
or form, realize that you don’t have a fear
problem. Your problem is in fulfilling the
commandment to love as Jesus loved.
Maybe you shot your mouth off at someone
when you shouldn’t have. Or you are holding on
to something someone said or did that hurt you,
and have not forgiven them—or have refused to
forgive them.
The point is, get before God and judge yourself.
Ask Him to reveal the problem and take the time
to deal with it…immediately. Then commit to the
love walk. That means loving the person you
have problems with—oftentimes, by faith.
As you do, the love of God will be perfected in
you. And all fear will be cast out. Then it won’t
be long until you’ll be falling in love…the love
that never leaves you, nor forsakes you…the
love that casts out all fear and never leaves
you in the dark. It’s the love that never fails.
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