TUESDAY MARCH 18
“Take
heart…I have overcome the world.” Jn 16:33 NLT
STABILIZING
PEACE
ON May 3, 1943, air raid sirens sounded over London.
People raced toward Bethnal Green Underground station, where more than five
hundred people had already taken refuge. In the next ten minutes, fifteen
hundred more would join them. A woman carrying a baby lost her footing on one
of the fifteen steps leading down the street. Like Dominoes, people started
falling on top of one another. In the end, 173 people died. Bombs didn’t kill them,
fear did! Today there’s a stampede of fear around us, and if you’re not
careful, you’ll get caught up in it. So you need to monitor what you listen to,
think and say. The disciples needed a rock to stand on in the coming storm.
Jesus had just told them how bad things were going to get in the world and the
extent to which they would suffer. He announced He was leaving, and told them
He would send the Holy Spirit to be with them. John chapter 16 ends with these
words: “I have told you all this, so that you may have peace in me. Here on
earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have
overcome the world.” No matter what the situation, Jesus is on top of it. No
matter what trial you face, Jesus will bring you through it. Thought surrounded
by fear and the fearful, you will have His peace. And that stabilizing peace
will fortify you and cause others to turn to you for answers.
Taken
from the Word for You Today Devotional
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