His Love Is Active, Moving, Involved

God is Love (1 John 4: 16), and we do Him a disservice is we conceive of His love as limited or static:

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." (1 John 4: 18)

His love is actively pushing away anything that would be the cause of fear in our lives. Let us trust and rest in this love.

"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

"And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." (1 John 3: 1-3)

This is a love which transforms us from dead people in trespasses to sons of the living God, seated in heavenly places with His Son Jesus Christ:

"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world."(1 John 4: 17)

Because we have taken on the identity, the very Person of Christ Jesus, then God's love is perfected! Receive this identity -- receive the glorious promises which come with it:

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6: 12)

In the original Greek, the verse actually reads"the wrestling", for the fight is not ours, but the Lord's, and He has received certain victory over every enemy:

"But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" (Hebrews 1: 13)

God the Father has indeed brought His Son -- and us! -- far above all troubles, trials, and enemies:

"Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

"Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

"And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

"Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. " (Ephesians 1: 20-23)

Even as His enemies are at His feet, and so they are for us, Jesus in His love for us is ministering on our behalf:

"Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." (Romans 8: 34)

His love for us is active, moving, and very much involved. Receive the knowledge and truth that God. who never leaves us nor forsakes us (Hebrews 13: 5) is on our side working for us (Philippians 2: 13)