Strong is His Love

“One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving.” (Psalm 62:11-12a)

Perfect love drives out fear. I am perfectly loved. This means I no longer have to fear failure. I no longer have to fear death. I no longer have to fear inadequacy. I no longer have to fear pain. I no longer have to fear loneliness. Perfect love means commitment. Perfect love means selflessness. Perfect love means being perfectly cared for. Perfectly protected. Perfectly romanced. Perfect love lasts forever. I don’t have to fear the end of perfect love because perfect love does not end. If I am perfectly loved, I need not have any fear. Perfect love frees. It sustains. It excites. It assures. I never have to wonder if it will soon be gone because it will always be here. He will always be here. Loving me. Perfectly.

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear” (1 John 4:18a)

It is this love—this beautiful love—that changes me. It changes everything I am about. Being loved so perfectly and so completely changes the heart of who you are. With this love, my very core is made up of love, peace, and strength.

“for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control” (2 Timothy 1:7)

Nothing can truly break me because of this love. Death itself, the greatest human fear, has been conquered. If death cannot break me, what can?

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?... No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:35,37)

I am strong. Not because I am strong, but because His love is strong. I can withstand the suffering, pain, hardship, persecution, disappointment and heartbreak. Not because I am hardened, but just the opposite. I have been softened. Softened by His love. His perfect love that strengthens me.

“Two things you told me
That you are strong
And you love me
Yes, you love me”

-Jon Foreman, “Your Love is Strong”