LOVE THAT CONQUERS

”Even when your path takes me through the valley of deepest darkness, fear will never conquer me, for you already have! Your authority is my strength and my peace. The comfort of your love takes away my fear. I’ll never be lonely, for you are near.“
Psalms 23:4 TPTPsalms 23:44 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 23Psalm 23The Lord the Shepherd of His People A Psalm of David. 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. is not for a man who has not yet understood the blessed assurance of being owned by the God of the universe and living solely to please and serve Him in their body.

Psalm 22Psalm 22 The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. 22 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning? 2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent. is a long-standing prophecy by David, centuries before our Lord Jesus was even crucified and it ends with the same words our Lord said in John 19:30John 19:30 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.– It is finished.

It leaves us to understand that the claims of the believer in Psalm 23John 19:30 The Lord the Shepherd of His People A Psalm of David. 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever., are those of one that understands what has been done on the cross for them and embraces it fully, in meditation and in action.

It is such an intimate acquaintance with God that he boldly writes ‘fear will never conquer me, cause you already have’.1 Peter 4:181 Peter 4:18 18 Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?” reads there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out all fear; all this to say the place often occupied with fear is occupied with perfect love because one must rule— never both.

Child of God, it is your portion, even your inheritance I dare say, to live free of the fears that fill the hearts of those who refuse Christ. Your Christian experience should have no other pride or badge of honor but that of a fearless life because perfect love has conquered its seat. Selah!

Prayer: Father, I thank you for this truth. Of my increase there is no end because He who is in me is far greater than He who is in the world. I abide secure and fearless because your love is my protective shield, in Jesus mighty name. Amen!

CI.