Unlimited part 1
I read this quote the other day: "Everything you want is on the other side of fear." And it got me thinking... how often do we miss out on something because we're afraid to go for it? If you're always afraid to go out on a limb, you'll never get any fruit. Because that's where the fruit is! And the really cool part of this analogy is that WE are the branches! We already have everything we need. It's just the actual act of walking in faith that allows us to receive, and release, and experience the gift we've been given. There's another old saying, "Fortune favors the bold." Those who have what they want are those who were willing to go after it. Those who weren't afraid. I mean, they even say more is lost by no decion than wrong decision. But we seem to find ourselves paralyzed by fear. Afraid to get what we want because we're afraid to lose what we've got. Which brings me to one of my favorite quotes of all time, "It's only after you've lose everything that you're free to do anything." We let stuff hold us back. We let society dictate the terms of our existence. We scrape by, robbing ourselves of the gift we've been given by trying to earn something that can't be earned. Trying to earn love because we're afraid nobody could possibly love us just the way we are. And that's why 1 John 4:17-18 is so vitally important. "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. 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." Now I've written at length about the truth that there is no difference, no separation, between us and God. We are Jesus. God in the flesh, love in a body. God in OUR flesh. Love in OUR body. And I don't want to belabour that here. What I want to focus on is our ability to live without limits. The Law of Moses put limits and restrictions on people. Society does the same thing. Everything and everybody seems to want to make us fit into a box. And they try to scare us into that box. They try to hold the idea of punishment over our heads. They try to torment us. But that's not love. Love is not about getting your own way. It's about giving everything you have and everything you are. Laying your life down for your friends. Love is not limited by anything. Especially not fear. Because perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there is no fear. Because love equips and empowers us. To live. To experience Jesus' abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life as He lives it in us, and through us, and as us! As He is, so are we in this world. Because He is as He is... in us! So. Filled to overflowing with the love of that Father. Secure in the knowledge that we have everything we will ever need. We have been blessed with all Spiritual blessings. We have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness. Jesus did it all so we could get it all. And now we have it all. And now we can truly live. Now we can truly love. Now we don't have to be limited by fear, or anything else. We are connected to the source of love, so we don't have to be afraid of losing what we've got. We can love without expectations, and without limits. We can truly experience abundance. We can truly experience what it means to have everything we want. Because we already have it. Going out on a limb simply means looking inside ourselves and seeing Daddy's heart beating with love in our chests. A love that never ends, and never stop. A love that is... unlimited.