READ:
HEBREWS 9:11-28
Problems
are forerunners of miracles. When you have a problem, if you are a true child
of God, it means that a testimony is on the way. If there are no problems, how
will you ever have a testimony? Psalm 4:8 says, “I will both lie down in peace,
and sleep; for You alone, O LORD make me dwell in safety.” Who can make
you dwell in safety? Not the police or night guards. It is only God. If He is
the One ho can make you dwell in safety and you have handed everything over to
Him, I wonder why you should have to worry again. Psalm 29:11 says, “The
LORD will give strength to His people; the LORD will bless His people with
peace.” The Lord will bless His people with peace and not anxiety,
worry or fear. If you are one of His people, you should have your share of that
peace. The Prince of Peace says, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to
you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27). It is Christ who gives true lasting
peace. If you have given your life to Jesus Christ, there is nothing to worry
about anymore. One way by which the devil can get you to worry is by telling
you that you were such a bad sinner and that now you cannot escape without some
punishment. This is the lie of the devil. We are already justified by faith.
Once you give your life to Jesus Christ, you are justified. Romans 5:1 says, “Therefore,
having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ.” What is the secret of our peace? Why do we have peace with
God? It is not because we have surrendered our lives to Jesus Christ. All your
sins were forgiven the day you gave your life to Jesus Christ. The Bible says:
“But
now in Christ Jesus you who were once far off have been made near by the blood
of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken
down the middle wall of division between us” (Ephesians 2:13-14). Jesus
Christ is our peace. No matter what you are going through today, you are
assured of the peace of God. The Peace, which Jesus gives, triumphs over the
topsy-turvy conditions of life. My prayer for you is that the peace of God will
fill your heart now and always.
MEMORIZE:
1 PETER 3:15 –But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to
give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you,
with meekness and fear.
