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And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love<\/strong>; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him…There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear.<\/em> – 1 John 4:16, 18a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! – 1 John 3:1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, thanks to Blessing Offor’s beautiful song “Believe”, my heart has been fixed on the beauty of God’s love. In fact, He is love (1 John 4:l6<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can rest in that, no matter what. Do you ever struggle thinking you have to somehow earn God’s love? Some of us were raised in homes that our parents’ love was based on some sort of performance on our parts. I wasn’t raised in such a home, but that message, through others, or culture, or the Evil One himself settled in my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This belief of performance-based acceptance has generated a ridiculous state of mine that has, of late, been called “imposter syndrome”<\/em>. I write about this from time to time to wrestle it to the ground and regain perspective – as in “Stewarding Our Current Situation”<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my worst days, I struggle with doubt and insecurity. The dark cloud of imposter syndrome <\/a>hangs over my head and heart. Having known great favor in most of my career, those successes almost haunt me and disturb the joy of life that is meant to be ours\u2026today\u2026no matter our situation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing is – whether we are high performers or not so much, whether we have a seat at someone’s table or not, whether we are hard on ourselves or not…none of that alters anything about the love of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He loves us. Period. Full-stop. He is a good father. Nothing keeps Him from loving His children. Nothing surprises Him, and nothing causes Him to turn away from us. He is the Father<\/a> running down the road to His returning home prodigal son. He is the Redeemer God<\/a> who will receive us Home one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blessing Offor<\/a>‘s prayer of a song reminds us of this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worship<\/a> with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So You catch me when I fall, right?
And You hear me when I call cryin’
And You fix me when I’m broke, right?
And that’s all I need to know
So the storm is gonna break right?
And the sun is gonna start shining
And everything is gonna go right
And that’s all I need to know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Pre-Chorus]
But what if You know something I don’t?
What if You will something I won’t?
If You don’t give me what I want
But You give me what I need
Is that enough to…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Chorus]
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love?
Will I still
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Verse 2]
So nothing’s ever going wrong, right?
And every day I’m gonna be smiling
Turned my water into good wine
And let the good times roll<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Pre-Chorus]
But what if You know something I don’t?
What if You will something I won’t?
If You don’t give me what I want
But You give me what I need
Is that enough to…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Chorus]
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love?
Will I still
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love?
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love
Will I still
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Bridge]
Do I want You? Do I want You?
Do I want You or what You can do for me?
Do I love You? Do I love You?
Do I love You or what You can do for me?
Sometimes I don’t know
But all I wanna do is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Outro]
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love (Yes, I do)
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love
(All I wanna do, all I wanna do is believe)
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love (Yes, I do)
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love
(Believe in Your love)
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love (Yes, I believe)
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love
(I believe, I believe, I believe)
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love
(In Your love, in Your love, in Your love)
Believe, believe, believe, believe in Your love*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her Bible study<\/a> on Believing<\/em>, Kay Daigle<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believing requires commitment and intellect when feelings aren\u2019t there. A time of trial has been, for me, a time where God is saying, \u201cDo you really believe what I say in My Word? . . . Do you really believe that you can trust me?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For several years, our family has been under a lot of stress. We have been through many emotions with the situations and with the Lord. But what we have learned is that the details of the trial are not what is important. Seeking the Lord, drawing near to Him when we don\u2019t feel like it, looking for and finding flowers in the desert \u2013 evidence of His Hand \u2013 these are the things that sustain us.<\/strong> In seeing His provision in unexpected ways, we see His love and hold on tighter to the promises in His Word. While we don\u2019t see the purposes, we do know and believe that He is working all things together for His good <\/em>[our good and His glory]<\/a>, because we are called to His purpose.<\/em> – Kay Daigle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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