“I have told you
these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world
you will have trouble.
But take heart!
I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
You might say
there are two kinds of believers in the world; those who have overcome the world
and those overcome by the world.
Which one are
you?
If you are like
me and if you are honest then you are probably both!
Jesus tells us
that in this world we will have trouble.
That was not a maybe He used, not even a might,
He said you will!
Sometimes you
don’t even have to go looking for it; it just seems to find you.
So what do you
do when trouble has found you?
Jesus gave you
the answer when He said: “…take heart.”
I like the way
the Amplified version translates those two words.
It says: “take
courage; be confident, certain, undaunted.”
It’s even more amazing
when you stop to think that Jesus didn’t utter these words on His way up to the
Father after the resurrection.
He spoke them
before the scourging, before all His disciples ran away in fear, before the
crucifixion.
You see He was
courageous, confident, certain and undaunted as He faced what lay ahead for
Him.
He was confident
as an overcomer even before some of the worse trouble He would face had even
come to pass.
Such was His
peace in placing His life into His Father’s hands.
That’s the kind
of peace He wants us to have.
A peace such
that, even when we know the road ahead may be filled with trouble, we do not doubt,
we do not fear, we trust and we move forward believing the Father has our best
in mind.
Do you have that
peace from God?
That’s peace in
spite of whatever trouble the world may throw at you.
You might call
it “in
Spite of” peace.
No comments:
Post a Comment