PEACE ON THE INSIDE

John 16:33 NIV “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.”

Whether we live alone or with others, and it’s one of those days when the washing machine has just gone down, or we have children crying, the dog is barking and someone wants to know where their keys have gone, we all need peace in the turmoil!

Yesterday I was thanking the Lord for His peace, and I had the thought that because we are ‘in’ Jesus and He is in us, then we must be ‘in’ His peace all the time whether we realise it or not! 

The trouble is we forget that His peace is ours already! 1 Corinthians 6:17 NIV But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Everything Jesus is, and has, is already in our spirit because we are one spirit with Him, and it includes His peace! It’s worth stopping and thinking about that for a minute.

Sometimes we look for peace in our surroundings and they can help us to be peaceful, but Jesus says we can be at peace, even in the harassment of the day going on around us, if we’ll just remember we have the peace of God inside us for us to tap in to!😊

Some people are very peaceful people by nature and they remain unruffled by circumstances but I know I tend to get in a tizzy very quickly, when I should know better! That’s probably why God reminded me that because the Lord is in us, around us, under us and over us then so is His peace inside, around, under and over us! If God is with us, and He is, then so is His peace!😊

So this is a little reminder the next time we find ourselves losing our peace and want to go into panic mode, to just stop for a moment, take a breath, draw on the Prince of Peace and let Him calm us down. Remember He’s right there with us and the Holy Spirit is there to show us what to do and how to overcome whatever has come up. We can deliberately draw on His peace and thank Him for it. Amen.

Have a blessed and ‘peaceful’ weekend.x😊

IN HIS HAND

Isaiah 41:10 NLT Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

Do you ever stop and think about your hands, how wonderfully made and what a blessing they are? They’re able to do the mundane tasks of the day, to reach out to help others, to make meals or write letters or text friends and family. They are capable of so much, creating works of art, play music, put things together, and so on.😊

Now what about God’s hands? It’s good to remember God has written your name and mine in the palm of His hand so we are always on His mind! He holds us up with His hands, which means He’s helping us with our present, and our future is safe in His hands too.

Jesus’ nail pierced hands have dealt with our past, and God’s hands have wiped away the charges against us, He has wiped our slate clean.(Colossians 2:4) What comfort there is in that!

There’s a well known saying, “We don’t know what the future holds, but we know who holds the future.” So on those days when we’re tempted to be fearful, to worry about our future and how to deal with life, we need to remember we’re not on our own, but we have a loving Father who walks beside us holding our hand, lifting us up, leading us and helping us around the clock.

Be encouraged today, and if the enemy has been bothering you about what you will do, how you will cope, what may or may not happen, remind him you’re safe in God’s hands, that He is looking after you and He’s promised to take care of you, so all will be well.😊

Job 12:10 NLT For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.

Thank You Lord. Amen.

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