John 14: 27
Peace I leave with you;
my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your
hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Jesus is preparing His followers for the time when He will
leave them and return back to heaven. He mentioned that there will be
challenging times for them but He would be with them through the Holy Spirit
whom He would send and the Holy Spirit will be our comforter, counselor and
teacher among many things else.
The time of parting is always sad for everyone and now Jesus
knew that the hearts of His followers were heavy and sad and Jesus continued to
counsel them saying that He will leave with them a peace that non-believers
would not experience and would not understand. This is the supernatural peace
that only God can give to His children and the world cannot receive it.
This peace surpasses all understanding of the human mind and
it is explainable but it can be experienced. Many believers have experienced
this and they have been blessed and restored in their love.
There was a couple who were having a huge domestic fight. Both the
husband and wife were deeply hurt and have even gone to see their respective
divorce lawyers. We came to know about this and we went to counsel and pray for
them, after prayers both felt that supernatural peace descend upon them and
they did not have that anger which they had experience just days before.
Finally the peace of God flooded their hearts and they
reconciled and their marriage and family was restored.
Another instant was when a servant of God lost his wife
through a car accident and he was so broken with grief that he could not
minister anymore. He went into worship and after a while the supernatural peace
of God descends upon him and the grief that had gripped him and had him in
bondage was removed and the joy of the Lord was upon him. After that he was
able to pick himself up and returned back to his normal life.
This is what Jesus had promised; we must not let our hearts
be troubled rather we must trust in Him and ask for His peace when we are in trouble.
He will hear and answer us for we are His own.
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