John 14:27 Amp Version.
Peace I leave with you; My(Own) peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. ( Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled).
I started to think about this verse and how Jesus spoke those words the night before His crucifixion.
What a message He was giving to the disciples and also to us today.
Only He can give us real lasting peace, and we can live in that peace if we choose, everything else is only a temporary fix.
The enemy is always close by to help us to become anxious, so we try to justify and that causes us to be in sin.
When we become anxious we tend to run to everyone else , tell them the problem, ask their opinion, why do we never stop to think that we are portraying a wrong picture of our loving Father that we value their opinion rather than coming before God.
Allowing that person to see us being weighed down with the trial that has appeared in our lives.
We know trials will come, we live in a broken world.
The Scripture says don’t let your heart be troubled, nor let them be afraid.
Being anxious …. is the root of the problem. The enemy sets out to intimate and tempt us. No one is exempt from satan. He goes about seeking whom he can devour. We need to be on our guard day and night.
Prayer …. Is the answer, In all things give thanks that sometimes is hard to do but we need to start following the instructions.
When we pray we need to remember we are coming to God face to face and be quick to repent.
Psalm 66:18 If we regard wickedness in our hearts God will not hear our prayers.
Peace.. is the answer to our prayers. The peace of God that surpasses all understanding is the perfect peace that we all need today.
Come to your loving Father today and allow Him to give you His peace.