Ever want something while at the same time being afraid of getting it, maybe a captaincy if you are a first officer? Such mixed emotions are part of being a human being still living in a fallen world and they can even extend to our wanting to see God’s loving will done in our lives
We desire God’s will in our lives, yet we also fear it. We believe, yet we need help with our unbelief. This is where our Lord’s understanding of our humanity comes in.
His grace covers our faltering hearts if we have indeed come to love His Son in spirit and in truth. God’s perfect love for us can progressively cast out our fears about Him.
Prayers for God to fully possess our lives should not be said lightly it is true, but God does desire us to pray in such a way because He longs to possess us as only the true Lover of our souls can and should. We do well to pray such prayers.
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15 (ESV)
