this Love will ruin every fear

So I haven't stopped listening to this song since I first heard it a week or so ago. Spontaneous worship is one of the most beautiful things to me-- to simply sing out words on your heart.

A few things that scream out to me in this song:
-To have my eyes open to see you, to have my heart open to know you
-This love doesn't care if you don't think you can cut it
-This Love will ruin every fear
-There is no chain this love can't break

Living open to God... what a way to live. Eyes open, heart open-- all open to hear the voice of the Creator, all open to seek His Face. I read something the other day calling Christians out on not seeking 100% of Jesus, and how convicting one statement can be! We can't choose parts of the Word that apply to us, just as we can't choose when or where we follow Jesus. It's an all or nothing concept, and so often we may find ourselves seeking around 65% of Jesus' heart. We sit around a D-.
But one thing I do know is that Jesus didn't put 65% of himself on the cross so that we could live in freedom, it was all or nothing. Why, then, should we not seek ALL of his heart in return? Why, then, should we not put our entire souls into going to the ends of the earth so that every being possible can experience his boundless love?

Next line. This love doesn't care if you don't think you can cut it. YES. PREACH. YES.
I struggle so deeply with this. To hear a calling on your heart is one thing, but to hear a calling that makes you tremble with fear and a feeling of inability or paralysis... that's another. But in all honesty, I am coming to believe that God will never set a calling on your heart that does not put you in a position of complete dependence on Him. If you can complete a dream on your own, if you don't need the grace of God beside you every single day that you walk out a calling, then it probably isn't a Spirit-led dream. As terrifying as this sounds, this is the beauty of Heavenly Purpose laid out in real life. When we watch our lives fold out in front of us and watch our words go from, "How on earth will you make this work, Lord?" to "How on earth have you successfully completed this work, Lord?"... this is when the glory of God is shone brightest. He does not care if you don't think you can cut it, because He can ALWAYS cut it for you. God does not call the qualified; He qualifies the called.

Next one. This love will ruin every fear. Goodness, Housefires, you're doing it right.
Since the ISIS attacks in Paris, our world has been paralyzed with fear. We watch our backs and flinch at every noise, and though this may feel necessary in today's circumstances, fear is not a fruit of the Spirit. Let me repeat that...
Fear is not a fruit of the Spirit. 
Jesus was repeatedly threatened with people wanting to stone him, arrest him, kill him. Yet he walked fearlessly through the world, and this is one of the things where we must seek Jesus 100%. We cannot tiptoe through life with hesitancy when we have a Heavenly protector. I am not ignoring the fact that Christians are being killed. I am not ignoring the fact that ISIS is targeting the western civilization. I am simply confronting the fact that the love of our Savior ruins the fears that holds us back from completing our ultimate mission.

Finally, and the one that speaks so deeply into my heart for the people of Nepal.
There is no chain this love can't break.
The world is dark. The world is in chains. But any chain holding any person back from the love of Jesus can and will be broken. Those with broken hearts, those held captive in the trafficking industry, those suffering from loss, those with addictions, those looking for hope in the wrong places because of their culture, even those of the broken mindsets of ISIS members... they're all chains. And there is no chain this Love can't break. In a matter of five months, the chains of insecurity, of empty living, of constant mistakes... all of my chains were broken. And I can't wait to be a vessel to watch chains be broken in the nation of Nepal.

It's beautiful, the power of eternal love-- a love that casts out any fear and qualifies the most unlikely of people. We are the royal priesthood. We are the chosen people. We are God's special possession. And it's time to start living in step with that.

I will be spending June and July 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal to spread the love of Jesus and open the eyes of the blind. I pray that you will partner with me, be it financially or prayerfully. Click here to support me!