JOHN 16:33

 ‘I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.’ 

 TO PONDER

Did you go straight there? Did you go straight to ‘trouble’ and dwell on it? If so, you are in the company of many for whom life is too often a struggle but, honestly, you have missed the point. Jesus has overcome the world! That is, the world of broken, sinful, humanity.

In Jesus we have shalom, his perfect, restorative peace. Moses eventually learned to trust in God’s promises. So must we if we wish to live rather than mere survive. Live to thrive in God’s perfect nurturing, sustaining peace.  Jesus is asking us to trust him. To remember his story as our story. His resurrection as our promised resurrection and not just after we die, but to seek and hold onto the life he gives us every day.

PRAYER: ‘We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life.’ Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Amen.

Today's devotion written by David Schuppan, Lifeway Illawarra