Perfect Love Casts Out Fear.

We have arrived in Mexico!! It is so refreshing to be back here on the base with our missionaries, and the youth. The beautiful misty mornings were everything sticks to your skin, everyone walking around with unusually big hair from the humidity, cold from the temperature outside, but not wanting to wear sweatpants and a sweatshirt because everything still feels wet. it truly is great! - haha! With all silliness aside, there is nothing to describe the feeling of being here. 

Today, we have a lot of new opportunities in front of us! As I was in my devotional time this morning I was struck with fear inside of me, with what is awaiting me today. What is the new orphanage going to be like? What kind of people are we going to meet? Will I be good enough for God to work in these new places? Can God use me? But I remembered a promise of God in Jeremiah. 

Jeremiah 18:6 - “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand. so are you in My hand.” 

And 

Isaiah 64:8 - But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your Hand.

God is there in the midst of my fear, He knows how to place my fear to the side and fill my heart with his courage and his strength. I am in God’s hand, He's holding me. And where ever He places me today is where He knows I will be most blessed and where He will get the most glory. There’s no pretending to be good, or think we can do it on our own. It actually halts Gods movement in our life. We need God. I need God today. So, today I say God anything. God I will do anything for you. Take me where You desire, show me Your heart in today. Show me Your desire for today. I'm going to swallow my fear. Because Your perfect love casts out fear.