A moment of fear can quench love. Seemingly, we have a fear of needing God. Fear is void of God’s grace. Fear pushes love away, leaving us empty.
There is no fear in love. 1 John 4:18
While praying with a young woman, a disheartened countenance was transparent as she shared her fears with me, then, with what seemed to take all of her strength, she said, “I am so empty.” With an aching heart, I told her of Christ and how his love would fill her. After a prayer, she looked up with a gentle expression that was dressed with a delicate smile, and she whispered, “I’m not empty.” In a moment of faith the Lord saved her, filled her eternally. And, he gained my attention for a lifetime. That day, God let me know that fear and emptiness is not from Him, and that it is necessary that “we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love, lives in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16).
Emptiness, as the young lady learned, is filled by God’s Spirit—in a moment of faith, fear is quenched. If you or I are truly in Christ, then there is a daily renewal (2 Cor 4:16), a continual filling by God’s love. That is when your daily life is to reflect that God lives in you, then, it is obvious that Christ’s Spirit in pouring into you and continually filling you. That is when you continually pour God’s love out to others, yet, you will never become empty. Then you will “know and rely on the love God has for” you!
Filled,
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