We believers in Jesus Christ know where our hope and peace resides. Our hope and peace is not found in any political party or any world leader no matter how powerful. The hope for the believer is firmly established upon the Lord Jesus Christ. We have been justified through our faith in Jesus Christ and because of our relationship with the Lord we have peace in our hearts. This is a peace the world and nothing in the world can give to us. The peace that the Lord gives to us is a peace that surpasses all understanding. Our circumstances may be difficult and our troubles may be severe, but if we are trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior He will fill us with His peace through the Holy Spirit who indwells everyone that is trusting in Jesus.
Romans 5:1-9 says,
1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And web boast in the hope of the glory of God.
3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
Before we came to faith in Christ we were separated from God because of our sin. We didn't have peace with God because we didn't know Him personally. Once we came to faith in Jesus Christ we obtained peace with God. We entered into a loving relationship with the Lord and we were reconciled back to God through our faith in Christ. We have been saved by grace through our faith in what the Lord Jesus did for us on the Cross.
We will continue to have troubles and struggles in our lives, but those things that we go through can help us strengthen our faith and trust in the Lord if we allow them to. God loves us with a deep and unconditional love. God demonstrated His great love of each one of us in while we were still sinners with no hope Christ died for us to bring us into a right relationship with the true living God.
We believers in Jesus Christ have been justified by His precious blood that He poured out for us on the Cross. Jesus took the punishment that you and I so rightly deserve by dying on the Cross in our place. He paid our sin debt on the Cross once and for all. God raised Jesus to life on the third day and He is at the right hand of God in Heaven interceding for us in prayer to the Father. We beleivers haven't been left to go it alone here on earth, but each one of us that have received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior have the Holy Spirit living inside of us to help us to grow to be more Christ like. We must walk in the Spirit and submit to Him daily.
So many Christians ignore the Holy Spirit and His work in their lives and that make me sad. Sometimes we allow ourselves to be distracted by all that is going on in our world today and we fail to lean on the Holy Spirit for direction and help.
Sometimes this world can seem very dismal and troubling. We may feel anxious and worried about what will happen next. There does seem to be a whole lot of doom and gloom these days even among Christians. It is almost like many have forgotten that God is still God and He is still at work. Sometimes we fail to see His love and the expressions of His love and goodness. We can get so caught up in the evil and wicked things that are happening that we seem to cling to those things instead of looking for the goodness that God places in our paths.
I witnessed something good today that made my eyes a little misty I must admit. I was driving my vehicle home after visiting a store in town and at the traffic light there was a school bus that was beside me. I looked and it was a bus from a town about 30 minutes to the north of where I live. There were headed towards the local high school to play a game of soccer. I looked into the windows of that bus and there were several young faces with smiles and they were waving at me. I waved back and smiled. It made me feel good and I did get teary eyed because that just never happens anymore which is kind of sad.
The Lord Jesus loves us and He demonstrated His love towards us everyday if we are looking. Shouldn't we believers in Jesus demonstrate His love to others like those kids on the bus did to me and other passing motorist.
Lord,
We praise Your Name.
Thank You Jesus for showing us Your love for us on the Cross and everyday.
Help us to show Your love to someone today by either word or deed.
Help us to smile and wave to someone today for it just make their day and draw them nearer to You.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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