Having a revelation of God’s love I believe we must do several things:1) we must know 2) we must understand 3) we must recognize 4) we must be conscious 5) we must believe 6) we must have faith and rely on” God’s love, the love He has for us.” Unfortunately, most people don’t have a revelation of this kind of love to any significant degree, and yet the Bible says in 1 John 4:17: Herein is our love made perfect. I personally did not understand anything of this love prior to my salvation. As a matter of fact what I learned about love involved abuse and brokenness. Over the years I have learned that when a person is broke in spirit, beliefs, values and morals they will 10 times out of 11 seek out other broken people or even choose to stay with broken people. I can’t say this enough, we need to ask God to show us the specific barriers that keep us from receiving this kind of revelation. Intellectually, one can believe it’s true, we can read about it in the bible, and even believe in it. But I’m talking about RECEIVING it.

This morning when I was reading in Ephesians, I believe this is at the heart of what Paul was praying for the Ephesian believers…that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, length, depth and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. (Eph. 3:17-19) I pray that you have people in your life whose love for you is such a settled issue that it’s not something you ever question. You may have friends who you can go to and ask anything, knowing they would help you in any way. It might be your mother or father, your brother or sister but hopefully, there’s somebody whose love for you has been so constantly demonstrated that you never question it. You can go to this person even in the darkest moments of your life and they will be there for you. This is the way God wants to be there for us. Most people don’t have that kind of intimacy with Him. There’s not that revelation of God’s love, partly because we know ourselves better than anyone else does. We know all of our shortcomings. I know the things I’ve done in my past. How can someone know that much about my messes that they would still love me unconditionally.
We have to believe that God loves us this much. Our quality of life depends on it. Our ability to have a happy marriage, to enjoy quality friendships, to influence other people for God, and to nurture relationships based on love depends upon our understanding and believing that God loves us like that.
In every relationship problem I have ever encountered in the kingdom, at the root is insecurity in the knowledge of God’s love for them. Insecurity to such a degree that makes it impossible for people to relate to each other which stems from a lack of understanding the depth God’s love is for them.
Worry is fear, did you know that? We can’t worry about something apart from fear, because worry is a form of fear. Where we identify the presence of fear in our life, we’re not perfected in love. Perfect love casts out fear. Love and fear cannot coexist. Therefore, if we are not perfected in love, it means we haven’t experienced a revelation of God’s love for ourselves. Think about all of this for a moment…..finished?
If you’re perfected or mature in love, you won’t fear. You will be bold. You won’t care what anybody thinks about you. With a good grasp on perfected love, you can tell people whatever they need to hear without regard for the consequences. I’m not talking about being rude or unmannerly, but being bold.
1 Corinthians 13 tells us that love isn’t rude. But perfected love is not fearful of rejection either. That’s why it gives us the power to tell people the truth. We can become bold witnesses when we’re perfected in love. When we’re perfected in love, the doctor’s report doesn’t cause us to go into a panic or a deep depression. When we’re perfected in love, our financial challenges won’t cause fear to rise up in our heart. When we’re perfected in love, we become people who influence other people for God. We’re not going to influence anybody in a positive way for God if our life is controlled by fear. But, praise God, perfect love casts out fear! When you get a hold of the revelation that God’s love for you is unconditional, you can be as bold as a lion.

Challenge today: are you controlled by fear or are you as bold as a lion. Read 1 Corinthians 13 and ask God to give you a clearer understanding of His love, then begin walking it out.