How to find your sense of security in the love of God
I have been searching for peace for a long time.
I have done the hard work. Battling panic attacks and depression. Trying natural solutions, exercise, and meditation. Counseling. Healing prayer. Quoting scriptures. You name it.
I have found no antidote greater than the love the God.
Hear me out. I’m not suggesting that knowing we are loved by God will magically make our problems disappear. I am suggesting that we don’t really understand love at all (hey, Joni Mitchell said it first).
The God kind of love is so completely faithful and just and accepting that it has the ability to make us completely secure, and safe. So that we have no physical need for worry because there is nothing to worry about.
I’m suggesting that really knowing the love of God in our core, in an experiential way is transformational. The things we can do in our own strength will help tremendously in our journey to inner peace but will never be enough to fill that ache for a lasting and sacrificial love that is wholly ours.
If fully embracing the love of God is a challenge for you (as it is for most of us), can I make a few recommendations?
1. Spend this week reading aloud through 1 Corinthians 13 each day but make a minor change. As you read, exchange the word “love” with “God’s love for me.” Such as, “God’s love for me is patient. God’s love for me is kind.” This love Paul talks about is THE love - the same as God’s love for us.
Read 1 Corinthians 13 here or in the Dawn app
2. Listen to a Dawn audio daily practice this week that walks you through an interactive devotional time centered on God’s love for you (this is a paid feature but we are making it available to everyone this week)
Access the audio daily practice
3. Take a little time to journal your thoughts and feelings about God’s love. Does it feel real to you? Do you feel think you have to earn it? Do your thoughts say that you are fully accepted? Is there a relationship in your life that has clouded your perspective on love? Do you need to forgive that person? Journal whatever comes to mind and then pray over the words. Ask God to reveal more of his love to you this week.
