Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled . . . —John 14:27
The Great Life is a life of peace. It’s a gift of God to the disciples of His Son. God’s mark of approval, whenever you obey Him, is peace. He sends an immeasurable, deep peace; not a natural peace, “as the world gives,” but the peace of Jesus.
A life of peace, does not mean a life without trial or difficulty. But when problems come and we are right in our relationship with God, we know that He is in control and the sense of peace remains. It is helpful when our sense of peace leaves to go through a checklist to discover where our peace has gone.
Check first the status of our relationship. Are we trusting God ? Are we following His latest direction for our lives. Or have we tried to wrestle the steering wheel from Him and move Him from pilot to co-pilot? Have our lives become complicated or chaotic? That’s always a sign orfour attempt to control or lives or the lives of others.
Our Savior left us Peace. We have a right to it and are foolish to let it slip away.
Peace.
Nick
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