Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27
“My peace” The peace Jesus is talking about here is the kind of peace that has no distractions, no ulterior motives, and absolutely no one can take it from you because He is the source of that peace.
Have you ever been told that you can trust God, yet you’re not convinced you can? You want proof, some kind of “still, small voice” to tell you that if you put your faith and trust in Him, He won’t let you down, he won’t abandon you?
Recently I went through a brief, but hard bout of depression and anxiety. It came on me rather swiftly and without warning. As I sought God on this, I really couldn’t seem to get an answer. I didn’t understand how I could go from a place of peace and joy, to a place of despair and fear.
One thing I learned through this experience was that depression and anxiety showed me where my faith was. You see, I believe that I lacked the faith to believe that God could actually take care of my situation 100%
God designed us in his image, which means that we reflect him. We should strive to be like him and to trust him. We should strive to give him every aspect of our lives. Not only to give him our troubles and worries, but to leave them there.
Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
Scripture tells us to Count it all joy, when you meet trials of various kinds, for the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
James 1:2-4
We aren’t exempt from trials, but we must keep our faith while in the midst of them.
We will all eventually have trials and tribulations and yet we can still have peace.
We can have peace that transcends all of our circumstances.
Many Blessing’s,
Connie