A Prayer for Lasting Peace
By Kristine Brown
“Peace I depart with you; my peace I provide you with. I don’t give to you because the world provides. Don’t let your hearts be concerned and don’t be afraid.” (John 14:27 NIV)
If you happen to had been to do a fast search on the web for “how you can discover peace,” you’d doubtless see a protracted record of recommendation: be lively, get extra sleep, spend time outdoors, eat properly. All of these items are good habits to create, and taking good care of ourselves is essential. Nonetheless, counting on our day by day habits to deliver 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.
After 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 subsequent like a virus we will’t escape. We wish to do one thing to ease our troubled minds and discover calm within the midst of all of it. Wholesome selections can definitely assist strengthen us to face the challenges forward, however just one behavior brings supernatural, long-term reduction— day by day searching for Jesus’ peace.
Jesus freely provides us this lasting peace. His phrases had been recorded in John 14:27, “Peace I depart with you; my peace I provide you with. I don’t give to you because the world provides. Don’t let your hearts be concerned, and don’t be afraid.”
At a time when Jesus’ disciples expressed confusion and concern over uncertainty about occasions to come back, Jesus comforted and inspired them. Solely his supernatural peace might 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 in regards to the future, and Jesus continued educating them. Because the time of his betrayal approached, Jesus stated, “I’ve advised you these items, in order that in me you might have peace. On this world you’ll have hassle. However take coronary heart! I’ve overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
At this time, Jesus nonetheless affords peace that gives lasting reduction by unspeakable ache. The world needs us to consider a message that peace can solely be obtained after 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 inauspicious instances, peace is offered. It’s our present from Jesus.
The peace the phrase affords is non permanent. The peace Jesus gives lasts perpetually.
Let’s pray:
Expensive God,
Proper now I would like 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 offer me peace. I do know the peace the world provides is just non permanent, however the peace of Jesus lasts perpetually. Lord, you advised us to not “let our hearts be concerned.” I do know the one option to launch my troubles and discover relaxation is by accepting your present of peace. I would like greater than the short-term peace I really feel when issues calm down, and I’ve a second of calm between storms. I would like lasting peace that may solely come from my Savior, Jesus Christ. Assist me bear in mind an important behavior of all. To hunt your peace right now and each day. Let your peace move by my thoughts and spirit, and let it maintain me by no matter I face. Thanks, God, that within the midst of hassle and ache, I’ve probably the most unbelievable present accessible to me. Thanks for lasting peace.
In Jesus’ identify, I pray, Amen.
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