Good Lovin’
Do you suppose there might be a correlation between fear of pain and fear of love? Just observing people in our own realm of relationships, we can readily detect that anyone who balks at the prospect of having to sacrifice won’t likely be a “poster person” for a good “lover” either. Love and sacrifice are inseparable, aren’t they? Love has an “other” orientation, doesn’t it?
When have you loved without at some point experiencing pain? At some point, love promises pain. And sadly it delivers on that promise.It offers an open invitation for it. So, why do we seek it, risk love, participate in it? I suppose it’s because we personally sense a greater opportunity for gain or pleasure by loving than by choosing not to love and thus deprive ourselves of love’s benefits. We seek the potentially greater reward by loving than the fear over the perceived risks. Maybe we’re blind to the risks. I think sometimes that happens too.
Parents are expected to love their kids. We even plan to have them because we have a reservoir of love we feel a need to impart to them. God is like that too. He’s not just love, but He certainly is full of love. In His reservoir of perfect, “no prerequisites” quality of love, He wants to lavish us with Himself to the point where this “God love” in us overcomes any sense of fear we may have in releasing it to others. Growing to understand God’s love, we come closer to knowing that we are secure in His love. It is a love that requires no fear. No fear of loss. No fear of abandonment. No fear of being regarded “less.”
Is there risk that the love we give won’t be appreciated or reciprocated? Sure! Is there risk for God that His offer of love might be rejected? Certainly! This happens daily – by the millions. Even so, He never loves in vain. Neither do we. Never. Expressing love is always worth it, regardless of any dividends or return. Because expressing love is expressing God. That’s always a good thing. And we are told in 1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love.” That’s a God kind of love. Good lovin’. Only God can do it. And love of this quality only God can create and channel through you and me. Love fearlessly!
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