In Love With God. Not Fear.

LET ME EXPLAIN!

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I know we've been taught to fear God first, but I want to challenge what that actually means. When you love someone, you don't want them to leave you and you'll do everything in your power, including change, to make sure the relationship last.

Hold that thought.

My Then Supervisor, we'll call him... "EL," started having conversations with me about God. He said something that I believe changed my perspective about God. He said, "We always hear about God's wrath, but rarely do we ever hear about God's grace and God's love. You know what I'm doing all day when I'm walking around? Praying! I talk to God all day because I know me." This man was a firecracker, and so am I in many ways. could literally go on and on about how much God loves me and I love God, but I'll save that for my project... anyway. Think about any relationships that you have. I want you to think about family and friends first. These are typically the relationships you build and grow for a lifetime. What do you do to maintain them? How do you facilitate growth and understanding when they change? Aren't you more willing to have those tough conversations necessary to keep them in your life? Except, God is the greatest relationship we can have because he can answer all the questions these people can't answer. (TRUST ME I KNOW.) Well, why don't we treat God that same way? He knows the inner workings of who we are.

God created you.

Whenever you talk to him, he gives you insight daily. He reveals things about who he created you to be and what he wants you to do with your gifts and talents. If you didn't have anyone else to talk to, God is always listening. Even when you think he isn't. Even when you can not hear his voice- he hears you. God is a consistent winner. He fights off things and breaks up relationships that we don't have the insight to see why they had to go. OR even keeps us from opportunities that would do us harm. God is the ultimate. I would hate to lose anyone like that in my life. Someone who is a constant and no matter where I am or what time it is, he's there to chat or help you go to sleep. (Those naps in the secret place be LEGIT.) So many nights I cried to God when not one friend could answer the phone or understood the emotions I felt, but God did. The more I built my relationship with God, the less I feared him.

That "Fear" we are taught to have. Is actually translated into Awe. So the "fear" has turned into respect and deep admiration for what God does. I am in awe of how God uses people and does the things he does so... perfect.

Not gonna hold you though, it can be a little scary sometimes. It's like seeing a tall tree, that can crush you if it fell, but it's still beautiful! I don't question God as much as I used to. I used to ask, "God, why am I here?" Now I wait for him to reveal the answer and ask, "What should I be learning here?" I talk to God after every storm, every time someone hurt my feelings, or even when I want to hurt someone's feelings. The love I have for God grows every single day, and I always ask to go deeper with God. The only thing I fear of God is drifting away from him. I never want to lose my relationship with God. I've worked too hard to turn away or not give him his props! He's done a great work in me! What God can do in a few months your relationships with people would take years to do! Nothing will satiate that! There's nothing better than having Abba the father, Jesus who's closer than a brother, and the holy spirit relaying the truth from the throne room. THAT'S MY FIRST LOVE. FOR REAL. I hope my whole life is a reflection of what it looks like having God on your side.

The link that is in GREEN leads to an article by 'Firm Isreal' that I found that breaks down the word Fear and its meaning in the bible!

LOVE,

Troy