PERFECTED IN HIS LOVE

2:40 PM MyWalkDownTheAisle 0 Comments

This lesson came together in bits for me, a little study here and there over the months until i finally got the message God was trying to tell me. It all came together and now am gradually taking it all in.

I have had this fear in my Christian walk that overcoming a difficult situation helps deepen your faith in God, but it also prepares you for greater challenges, (my fear is in the greater challenges). So while i am grateful to God for helping me through a difficult situation, am always careful to learn from the experiences in preparation for what might be ahead. (am not sure i do a good job at that, because i have to learn and relearn again sometimes). 

I remember talking to a friend about it, who told me that it means "my love for God is not perfected, because perfect love casts out fear". I remember thinking "really? what verse of the bible is that again?" and this led to my study and discovery. I am going to share this understanding in the sequel it was revealed to me.

Psalm 119 v 105: "Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Then i came across Proverbs 6 v 23: "For this command is a lamp and this teaching is a light."
Therefore God's word to me are his commandments and his teachings, his commandments are lamps to my feet, to caution and restrict me and his teachings are the light that gives me understanding. The understanding i need to abide by his commandments.

And then, i found 1 John 2 v 5: " But if anyone obeys his word (commandments and teachings), the love for God is truly made complete/perfect in them. This is how we know we are in him".

In short, the love of God is perfected or made complete through obedience of God's word (his commandments and teachings). And then walking in obedience to God's word will drive out fear.

1 John 4 v 18:"There is no fear in love,but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love".

That means, all i have to do is ensure i walk in obedience and then i will have no reason to fear. Then i will be right to say "fear is a signal of walking in disobedience".


Prayer: "Command me Lord, teach me and help me to walk in obedience.
              Let your love be made perfect in me, that all fear is dispelled in Jesus name. Amen."


Yours in the Walk...

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"HE HEARS..."

9:18 PM MyWalkDownTheAisle 0 Comments

I have had my share of struggles especially in my faith walk. There has been times i felt like God was not listening to me or maybe he has forgotten me. And its so amazing how God uses situation and circumstances to speak to us.

Isaiah 49 v 14: "But Zion said the Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me".

Remember Zion is the place of the Lord's dwelling, (Psalm 9 v 11: "Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion", Psalm 132 v 13: "For the Lord has chosen Zion, he desired it for his habitation") so i try to imagine the situation in Isaiah 49 v 14, a situation that seems like The Lord had forsaken Zion.
And yes, i identify with this passage a lot, as i have asked the same questions and felt the same way.

So here i was after a long day's work, so tired and in need of a good night rest. In the middle of a good deep sleep, i heard my son in another room call me in the middle of the the night and i remember waking up to the sound of a soft voice calling "mummy". The moment i woke up, i heard him again calling "mummy" and just at that same moment i heard a voice in my spirit tell me;
"Todun, if you can hear that from a deep sleep, I can hear you". And i broke down in tears as i walked to the other room in response to my son's call.

The Lord responded to Zion in Isaiah 49 v 15-16: "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast? and have no compassion for the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you. See, i have engraved you on the palms of my hands, your walls are ever before me".

I get tired, but God doesn't get tired.
I sleep, He never sleeps nor slumber.
I forget, He never forgets.
I am not forgotten, You are not forgotten.
God sure hears...

Yours in the walk...




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