A Prayer for Lasting Peace
By Kristine Brown
“Peace I go away with you; my peace I offer you. I don’t give to you because the world offers. Don’t let your hearts be anxious and don’t be afraid.” (John 14:27 NIV)
Should you have been to do a fast search on the web for “easy methods to discover peace,” you’d possible see an extended listing of recommendation: be energetic, get extra sleep, spend time exterior, eat properly. All of this stuff are good habits to create, and taking good care of ourselves is necessary. Nonetheless, counting on our day by day habits to convey us peace will solely fulfill us within the brief time period. What we have to get by the trials of this life is a peace that lasts.
Once I pause to consider the individuals in my life and what they’re going by, I get overwhelmed with fear. Well being points, household struggles, monetary crises, and extra run from one family to the following like a virus we will’t escape. We need to do one thing to ease our troubled minds and discover calm within the midst of all of it. Wholesome decisions can actually assist strengthen us to face the challenges forward, however just one behavior brings supernatural, long-term reduction— day by day in search of Jesus’ peace.
Jesus freely offers us this lasting peace. His phrases have been recorded in John 14:27, “Peace I go away with you; my peace I offer you. I don’t give to you because the world offers. Don’t let your hearts be anxious, and don’t be afraid.”
At a time when Jesus’ disciples expressed confusion and concern over uncertainty about occasions to return, Jesus comforted and inspired them. Solely his supernatural peace may maintain his followers by what he was about to endure. Nothing would ease the ache of seeing their Savior undergo besides the peace that surpasses understanding. (Philippians 4:7)
The disciples continued questioning Jesus concerning the future, and Jesus continued educating them. Because the time of his betrayal approached, Jesus stated, “I’ve instructed you this stuff, in order that in me you could have peace. On this world you’ll have bother. However take coronary heart! I’ve overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
At the moment, Jesus nonetheless affords peace that gives lasting reduction by unspeakable ache. The world desires us to consider a message that peace can solely be obtained once we step away from our cares for some time. It tries to persuade us that our circumstances want to vary to ensure that us to have a second’s relaxation. However that message contradicts the true peace provided by our Savior, Jesus. The reality for all believers says that even within the midst of adverse occasions, peace is accessible. It’s our reward from Jesus.
The peace the phrase affords is short-term. The peace Jesus offers lasts endlessly.
Let’s pray:
Expensive God,
Proper now I want your peace. The cares of this world are triggering fear and stress, and I’m struggling to “solid my cares on you” like your Phrase says in 1 Peter 5:7. Forgive me for counting on the methods of the world to present me peace. I do know the peace the world offers is barely short-term, however the peace of Jesus lasts endlessly. Lord, you instructed us to not “let our hearts be anxious.” I do know the one strategy to launch my troubles and discover relaxation is by accepting your reward of peace. I want greater than the short-term peace I really feel when issues cool down, and I’ve a second of calm between storms. I want lasting peace that may solely come from my Savior, Jesus Christ. Assist me bear in mind a very powerful behavior of all. To hunt your peace as we speak and day-after-day. Let your peace stream by my thoughts and spirit, and let it maintain me by no matter I face. Thanks, God, that within the midst of bother and ache, I’ve essentially the most unimaginable reward out there to me. Thanks for lasting peace.
In Jesus’ identify, I pray, Amen.
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