From: Oswald Chambers Ministries
John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Let not your hearts be troubled or afraid."
Are you severely troubled right now? Are you afraid and confused by the waves and the turbulence God sovereignly allows to enter your life? Then look up and receive the quiet contentment of the Lord Jesus. Reflecting His peace is proof that you are right with God, because you are exhibiting the freedom to turn your mind to Him.
With regard to the problem that is pressing in on you right now, look unto Jesus and receive peace from Him. He will be a gracious blessing of peace exhibited in and through you. But if you only try to worry your way out of the problem, you destroy His effectiveness in you. We become troubled because we have not been taking Him into account.
When a person confers with Jesus Christ, the confusion stops, because there is no confusion in Him. When our Lord speaks peace, He creates peace, because the words that He speaks are always "spirit, and they are life." (John 6:63). Lay everything out before Him, and when you are faced with difficulty, bereavement, and sorrow, listen to Him say, "Let not your hearts be troubled or afraid."
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