"There is NO fear in LOVE; but perfect love casts out FEAR, because fear involves torment. But he[she] who fears has NOT been made perfect [mature] in love" (1 John 4:18, NKJV).
Here below is a recent quote I came across on a friend's Face page. It reads as follows:
"Once you've been hurt, you're so scared to get attached again, you have a fear that every person is going to break your heart." --Instagram-THEGOODQUOTE
Now I know this quote is particularly talking about someone who just had their heart broken by someone. So it is mostly dealing more with how the hurt person "feels" at that particular moment as opposed to how their outlook will change in time, when they "heal" emotionally.
So it's quite normal to feel that way for the moment, However, to those who hold on to such hurt and fear, there is something more to fear, and that is the FEAR of assuming "every person is going to break your heart." The moment you place yourself in bondage to such fear, you stop really living life as God intended you to. As our text for today says: "There is NO fear in LOVE; but perfect love casts out FEAR, because fear involves torment. But he[she] who fears has NOT been made perfect [mature] in love" (1 John 4:18, NKJV). So don't buy into the lie of this quote, for the moment you do, you lose the purpose in truly loving life and living it to the fullest as the Lord would have you to do!
As believers in Christ, we are not only to live life as God called us to, but we are given a life, a life that is more abundant in Christ. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." (John 10:10, ESV). So never let "the thief" of FEAR rob you of the joy of living life more abundantly in Christ! So what controls your life, fear or love?
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