A
reminder for today
Such
love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is
for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his
perfect love. We love each other because he loved us first. (1 John
4:18-19)
Every year we start with new ideas and a new drive to
take on the year and make a number of changes. People go as far as to create a
list of New Year resolutions. We kick of the year with force and many of us get
to a point where just fall back to our old habits and we forget our resolutions
we started with. A new beginning is a great thing and very exciting at first
but it can get the better of you in time. Why do we fail? We fail because of
fear. Fear is what we have if we start to think we will never make it. Say for
example you decided to lose weight this year and you start of the year with a
very strict diet. In time temptation will get the better of you and you start
to give in to the wrong foods that will cause you to gain weight instead of
losing weight. This is the beginning of fear, you start to fall back into you
habits and the fear that you will not succeed causes you to give up and stop
trying.
My dear friend, God did not create you with a Spirit of
fear. He created you with a fighting Spirit. You were not made to give up, you
were made to succeed. Jesus gave His life for you because He believes in you. If
you give up so easily it is because you have not fully experienced His perfect love.
So today I want to remind you that there will be
difficult times and there will be huge challenges and you will feel that you
want to give up. In that moment remember these words: Jesus never gives up on
you so why should you give up on you. Stand up and try again. It is in
determination that we succeed. You are a fighter not a quitter.
Lord I pray that you will reveal your love to us so that
we can experience it fully and never fear – ever.
Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
