Friday, June 25, 2021

Confide

"We may have confidence for the day of judgment," 1 John 4:17.

Confidence. Boldness. Liberty. Freedom. Openness. Confidence for the day. And what renders this confidence when God judges all secrets? Belief. Not generic belief. Not irrational belief in nothing in particular. No. We have come to believe the love that God has for us. Fear concerns punishment. God's love casts out all fear. Confidence. We believe that God is love. We believe that whoever abides in love abides in God. And God in them. We believe there is no fear in love. Confidence. We believe that God's love is perfected in us through Christ. We believe that as God is, so are we in this world through Christ. Whence this fearlessness? God abides in persons who confess Jesus to be the Son of God. Perfected love. Confidence for the day.

We confide in a brother or sister today asserting Jesus and believing in his sacrifice for all sin. We affirm God's love. And, beloved together, we give thanks.

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