Perfect Love

1 John 4:18
　
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear…

So, what is perfect love?

The only way I can understand this is in the outworking of Love in the life of Jesus. His life was perfect and so I’m guessing that his love was also. So what was this love like? Throughout the accounts of His life you can clearly see that His love was no passive thing. It was the love He had for others that spurred Him into action. He had a love that reached out to lepers, that took Him places most people would have shied away from. It was a love that didn’t wrap people up in cotton wool but which tackled big issues because they needed tackling. His love didn’t mean he agreed with everyone or bent over backwards to comfort people and make them feel secure. In fact it was a love that made people feel insecure with who they were and what they were doing. His love was love in action.
　
Perfect Love is love in action. Perfect love is love that builds up relationships and points people in the right direction, that reaches out to the poor, that shares the Good News and prays for our enemies. Perfect love is putting ourselves out for others, saying and doing things we don’t want to do but know we should. Love is a doing word not a passive word.