LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, PART 2

Yesterday we talked about the great God of the universe dwelling in us with His power.  Yes, He is in us as His children, whether we feel like it or not.

Let’s continue looking at John 14.  In the very first verse and verse 27 he tells us not to be troubled.  The reason He told us that we are not to be troubled is that He has given us His peace.  Do not let your hearts be troubled, distressed or agitated.  Trust in God.  Rely on God.  Believe in God.  Adhere (stuck to Him like super glue) to God.

Jesus has left us His peace, HIS OWN PEACE.  He has given to us, bequeathed to us, HIS PEACE.

Do not let your hearts be troubled.  Neither be afraid.

Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed.

Do not permit yourselves to be fearful, intimidated, cowardly and unsettled.

IN HIM, we have perfect peace and confidence (John 16:33).  In Him we have life (John 1:4).  He came that we may have and enjoy life, have it in abundance, to the full, until it overflows (John 10:10).

IN THE WORLD we have tribulation, trials, distress, frustration.  In Him we have perfect peace and confidence.  Why?  He has overcome the world and deprived it of its power to harm us.

Who are we in and Who is in us?  Jesus is in us.  What do we have in Him?  We have perfect peace and confidence, His peace, which He has personally bequeathed to us.  He has given us His very own peace.

If we have the concepts of the world in us, we have much distress and frustration as the trials and tribulations of the world come.  If we have the Truth of Jesus personally being in us with His Peace, then we have no stress or distress.

In Jesus, as we are living in this world which is filled with tribulation, tests, trials, distress and frustration, we can have the Peace of Jesus, His own personal peace.  Peace:  Shalom, wholeness, with nothing missing or broken in our lives.  When trouble strikes, we turn to Him and He is the One Who will overcome for us as we adhere to Him.

He Who is in us (in Whom is perfect peace and confidence) has overcome the world.  He has deprived it of its power to harm us and has conquered it for us.

1 John 5:18 Amplified Bible

…Christ’s divine presence within us preserves us against the evil and the wicked one does not lay hold, get a grip on us or touch us.

Every day we have a choice.  Do we believe the world is overcoming us or are we allowing Jesus Who is in us to overcome the world for us?  It is our choice.  We choose by what we believe.  When the trouble is raging all around us, who do we believe?  That will determine our peace or our frustration.  Jesus gave us a promise and a command.  The promise —- I am in you and I have given you my personal peace.  The command —- Stop allowing yourselves to be fearful, disturbed, unsettled, and frustrated.

What is your choice?  It’s a decision we all make.  Just while I was typing, I had to make that decision.  I choose to believe the Peace is operating in my life.  I choose to believe that what Jesus told me is true and is working for me.  How about you?

DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, PART 1

In John 14:6 Jesus said:  I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Then in John 14:11 Jesus said:  I AM in the Father and the Father is in Me.

In John 17:23 Jesus said:  I AM in them (we who are born again, the church, the Body of Christ)  and Father, You are in Me.

So, Jesus is in the Father; Jesus is in me and I am in Jesus Who is in the Father, and the Father is in Him.  What does all this mean?  Jesus and the Father are in one another.  We are in Jesus and He is in us; therefore, the Father is also in us, and we are in Him.  Together we all make one whole because we are in one another.  Picture yourself inside Jesus and the Father.  Think about how this changes your life.  The Great Creator, the God of the universe, is one with you, with everything that He is.  Now that changes things!

Right now, Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father.  I am in Him there (Ephesians 1 & 2)

Also Jesus is in me here.  How?  By the power of the Holy Spirit.

In John 16:7,13 & 14:26 Jesus said that He was going away and would send the Holy Spirit —-The Spirit of Truth, The Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby, Encourager, Teacher.

He, the Spirit of Truth, will guide me into all the Truth.

He will tell me whatever He hears from the Father.  He will give me the message given to Him.

He will announce and declare to me the things that are to come, that will happen in the future.

The Father sent the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name, in His place, to represent Him.

The Holy Spirit will teach us all things.

He will bring all things to our remembrance.

Today we are building the foundation for what we will be talking about tomorrow.  This is what we must see:  Jesus is in us and the Holy Spirit is in us.  The Father is in Jesus and Jesus is in the Father.  Therefore, the Father is in us because Jesus is in us.  The Holy Spirit is in us.  He is everything in us:  He teaches us and guides us and protects us and tells us things to come.  He intercedes for us and talks to the Father as our Advocate.  He helps us to do what we have to do here on this earth.  He comforts us when we need a Friend.  He counsels and encourages us when we need someone’s advice.  He strengthens us when we feel weak and not so courageous.  Once again, I repeat:  He is everything to us.

Simply meditating on the above Truth will cause our hearts not to be troubled.  The power of the awesome, all-powerful God is in us, taking care of us totally.  So we can cast our cares on Him for He cares for us with a love that cannot be duplicated by anyone else.  We must trust Him!

GOD OF PEACE

Today, we confess and meditate on or ponder Hebrews 13:20,21 from the Amplified Bible.  I love these two verses.  They have meant so much in my life, and I believe they will also mean as much in your life.  They are powerful scriptures.

Now may the God of peace (wholeness, nothing missing, nothing broken, completeness),

Who is the Author and Giver of Peace,

Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

by the blood that sealed, ratified the everlasting covenant, testament,

Strengthen, complete, perfect and make me what I ought to be

and equip me with everything good that I may carry out His will,

while He Himself works in me and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ the Messiah, to Whom be the glory forever and ever, to the ages of the ages.  Amen, so be it!

Isn’t this an awesome scripture passage!  God tells us that He gives us a future and an expected end, a hope in our outcome in life. He is the One Who makes us what we ought to be.  He equips us to do His will.  He works in us to complete His will for us.  As a result of His work in us, He accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ.  It is nothing of ourselves that accomplishes the plan of God for our lives.  It is He Who does it all.  And it is all done by the blood of Jesus Christ.  That is a sweatless life, a life full of the goodness of God.

We all need to meditate this scripture until we know that we know that we know that it is God Himself Who is our Peace and Who carries out His will in our lives.