As God’s beloved and anointed children,
it’s amazing that we have not taken greater
advantage of our authority and security that
lies in the love of God, as this woman in London did.
Instead, through our ignorance and man-made,
religious doctrines, we’ve allowed the devil
to oppress us and keep us in all kinds of bondage.
And all because of fear.
You may be wondering what possible connection
there is between God’s love for you and having no fear.
That connection is found in 1 John 4:
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,
God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 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.
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. There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casteth out fear…
(Verses 15-18).
God is Love. And in Love, there is no fear.
Not an ounce. What’s more, that love—which leaves
no room for fear—dwells in us. So neither should
there be any fear in us. After all, we’ve not been
given a spirit of fear, “but of power, and of love…”
(2 Timothy 1:7).
For fear to enter the heart of a believer,
it must come from the outside, from
the fear-infested world in which we live.
and that’s where knowing and believing the
love of God comes into play for us.
Just moments before Jesus went to the cross,
He prayed specifically for us:
God is Love. And in Love, there is no fear.
Not an ounce.
That they may be made perfect in one;
and that the world may know that thou hast sent me,
and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me….
And I have declared unto them thy name,
and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast
loved me may be in them, and I in them
(John 17:23, 26).
The reason Jesus gave up His place in glory,
came to earth, took on the limitations of human flesh,
then went to the cross and suffered and died,
was so He could make that transaction:
“that the love wherewith You [God] loved Me [Jesus]
may be in them [us].”
God loves us with the same love
with which He loves Jesus.
And if He loves us to that degree, then He will
certainly protect us to that degree.
But we have to know and believe His love.
You knew the love of God the moment
you were born again. It was, in fact,
love that re-created you. It was love that
delivered you from the power of darkness,
and translated you into the kingdom of
His dear Son or “the Son of His love”
as it is literally translated
(Colossians 1:13).
But how well do you know that love?
“Well, I know God loves me, Brother Copeland.
But I wouldn’t go so far as to say He loves
me just like He loves Jesus.”
Then you’re not walking in His love by faith.
You’re falling back on what your flesh—and
probably the devil—is telling you.
The times you don’t feel God’s presence or
feel God’s love, those are the very times you
had better believe He’s there and believe His
love for you. Otherwise, your flesh will
let you down. Your mind will let you down.
And Satan will use everything he can to pressure
and push you away from the love of God.
I don’t care how “spiritually dry” you might feel.
That doesn’t change a thing. The Word says the
same thing today as it said yesterday. And it says,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God”
(John 1:1).
The Word is God. And God is Love. So the
Word is Love. Get up every day determined to let
only the Word—Love—tell you what you feel—not your
flesh, not your circumstances and certainly not
the devil. Listen to Love tell you, “I will never
leave thee, nor forsake thee”
(Hebrews 13:5).
Remember, when we have known and believed
the love of God, “Herein is our love made perfect…”
(1 John 4:17).
