Peace

So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you.

John 10:19 NASB   John 14:27 AMP

Has an everyday challenge morphed into a seemingly hopeless circumstance?  Has a crisis become an unexpected tragedy? Have your best laid plans fallen apart before you? Have your expectations been dashed by reality? Are you bent low in emotional pain even as the world sees you “standing” deceivingly tall?  Has something brought you to a room “with the doors locked for fear?” 

Political chaos

Loneliness

Isolation

Relational struggles

Emotional trauma

The unknown

COVID

O precious one – The only Sovereign, the Omnipotent One, the Lord Jesus Christ, stands in your midst. In the midst of your tragedy, your crisis, your fear, your worse-case-scenario and speaks, “Peace be with you.” Receive that today.

I don’t know what you’re walking through or what crisis has caused you to “close and lock the door” in fear, but I encourage you to trust His *Word more than what you see around you. The enemy wants us cringing in fear as if our Lord had been caught by surprise…He has not. He is aware and has already made provision. Dear one, stand in His Peace as the storm swirls and then passes.

Peace be with you.

My soul finds rest in God alone.

Psalm 62:1

Father, Cause Your peace to overflow and overtake our soul.! I exhale in peaceful calm…. not because the storm has ended but because You are in it with us and are in complete control. I choose to walk in Your Peace. Thank You Father. In Jesus’ name, Amen

By Becky White for the Lord Jesus

#Peace

*If you’re not sure where to begin in the Bible, start with the Gospel of John or the New Testament book of Romans. If you’re looking for comfort and encouragement, start with the Old Testament Book of Psalms.