TREM Devotional 15 February 2022 By Bishop Mike Okonkwo – No Fear In Love
TOPIC: No Fear In Love
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18 (KJV)
One of the chains the devil puts on mankind is fear. Many are so afraid of God that when any evil thing happens to them, they attribute it to God’s punishment. Beloved, I have come to remind you that there is no fear in love. Like our scripture for today says, perfect love casts out fear. Let us look at the same scripture in The Passion Translation: “Love never brings fear, for fear is always related to punishment. But love’s perfection drives the fear of punishment far from our hearts. Whoever walks constantly afraid of punishment has not reached love’s perfection.” Did you see that? Whoever walks constantly afraid of punishment has not reached love’s perfection. Wow! What a relief?
If you understand the love of God, fear will have no place in you. When the contrary wind blows you will be able to stand and speak with boldness to the situation. No matter what the devil throws at you, you will stand and declare the word of God because you know it is not from God. Every good gift is from God; sickness, pain, poverty, death and all the works of the enemy are not good gifts, so they are not from God. You, therefore, have every right to reject it and tell the devil: not in my territory because God has given you power over all the ability of the devil and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19).
As we celebrate love in this season, let us meditate on the true love of God. The love that reaches out to you not because you deserve it, but because He reserved it for you. Meditate on the love of God and spread the love of God to the world around you. Listen, the world is full of condemnation already, what they need is love and the assurance of God’s love and that is what God wants you to announce to the world. Don’t stop at valentine’s day, keep on spreading the unending love of God to the world around you.
Further Reading:
1 John 4: 12-19
Daily Bible Reading:
Morning – Leviticus 17-18
Evening – Matthew 27:27-50
Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.
