PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT ALL FEAR. OUT ALL FEAR

perfect love

“Perfect Love” is a single by country music artist Trisha Yearwood that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
Mt 5:48 Jesus Christ patterning his disciples’love on the love God has for all people. See also 1Jn 4:12,18
“Perfect Love” is MAX’s 20th single on the Avex Trax label and was released on May 10, 2001. The title track was the “Kacchao” commercial song. The song debuted and peaked at #10 on the Oricon charts and is currently their last top 10 single.

casts

Throw (something) so as to cause it to spread over an area
Direct (one’s eyes or a look) at something
(cast) mold: container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
Throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction
(cast) the actors in a play
(cast) project: put or send forth; “She threw the flashlight beam into the corner”; “The setting sun threw long shadows”; “cast a spell”; “cast a warm light”

fear

An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; “I fear she might get aggressive”
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; “I fear the winters in Moscow”; “We should not fear the Communists!”
A feeling of anxiety concerning the outcome of something or the safety and well-being of someone
A mixed feeling of dread and reverence
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

No Fear

Fear.

It’s a dirty word that pollutes your mind and corrodes your heart. It sticks to the bottom of your soul and lingers long after panic sets in. This is one emotion you don’t want to face head on.

But you must. You must strike it at full force, no thinking, all action. Use every ounce of confidence and say to yourself, “I am better than this.” We do, after all, have love on our side. The love of our Heavenly Father, who has conquered everything attempting to invade our hearts. He is perfect, and by His Son we, too, are made in His image. And doesn’t perfect love cast out fear? Thought so.

But here, I’ll admit something. I’m a coward. I am trapped by this tyranny and scratching at the chains binding me. I have been fearful. A lot. And it’s been building throughout the last few weeks. I’ve taken great strides in admitting out loud that I’ve been scared of a certain situation, but the heavy heart and pulsing panic still remains. It’s one thing to say I’m struggling; it’s a completely different notion to trust God to help me conquer the issue. To take the one thing that paralyzes me with cold shock and place it into His hands and say, “Ok Lord, I give it to You; teach me how to handle this,” is daunting and feels unnatural, to hope in someone else coming to my rescue.

Yet I’ve found out this beautifully complicated breath of life is a process. Where we are not merely placed at point A to point B, but along the way we are formed. Refined, forged into who we are meant to be. And this means turning our trust and faith to Him who directs our steps.

I still have the feeling that God is doing something with this fear, far beyond anything I could imagine. I know that He is pulling me closer to Him when I pull away from what has been bogging me down. Something is brewing from this drop of doubt and pouring into a beautiful blend of belief. And when it finally takes form, I’ll look at the trail this tale has taken and see nothing but God’s beautiful fingerprints along the way.

Perfect Love

Your perfect love casts out all fear

Let Your glory reign, let Your glory reign in this place.

– Perfect Love by The Mvmnt Band