TODAY’S WORD FOR THURSDAY DECEMBER 11, 2014
PEACE
Freedom from anxiety, annoyance or mental distraction; state of calm: tranquility, without conflict.
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. John 14:27.
The world is filled with unrest, conflict, and hostility, in fear, uncertainty and anxiety. We have heard people say they don’t watch the news because it is so disturbing. There certainly isn’t much news that gives peace.
People look to pleasure for peace. There is lustful pleasure and scripture tells us that the lust of the flesh is sinful and wrong. There is legitimate pleasure, which is not wrong, but for most people they become so preoccupied by legitimate pleasure that it takes place of God in their life, so they have received no real or lasting peace.
In our day much of the world believes little or nothing. Such things as anxiety, emptiness, meaninglessness, have gripped much of the world including the church. Young people are searching for a purpose and a meaning in their lives. They are looking for some sort of peace in their lives but without knowing Jesus they will never find real and lasting peace.
As believers we can be certain that we have peace with God. This peace is not a feeling but a permanent state into which believers are brought into through the finished work of our Savior and is secured for us by Jesus Christ. With the peace of Christ, we do not have to fear the future nor do we have to fear the present although we live in an evil and turbulent world.
We experience the peace of God in our lives through the work of the Holy Spirit. We learn this through the verse we have written above for today. Believers experience the peace from God which is the full expression of grace from God. The unmerited favor of God is the source for all good we receive here on this earth and in the hereafter. This peace from God includes all the blessings we need for time and eternity.
Our memory verse for this week is found in John 15:9.
Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you, abide in My love.
Thank You for the greatest gift You could ever have given me. That is the assurance of eternal life spending an eternity with you. Thank You for the peace You give that gives me the assurance that I do not have to be fearful of the future, nor the present because You are with me.
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