MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU

Today’s Text: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27)

Today’s Thoughts: Everyone longs for peace in their lives. We so often try to find it in all the ways Satan offers it. But we cannot find true and total peace in anything or anyone other than in Christ who offers us a peace that we could never dream of. We do not have to worry or fear when we accept the peace that God offers us. He has promised us His peace; we just need to accept his gift.

Today’s Testimony: The morning that I was going to be writing a certain exam, my stomach was in knots. While I was sitting on my bed having my morning devotions I prayed for peace. I had so much to do and needed some study time, but do you know what the Lord did?! He put me to sleep. The next thing I new I woke up, but I had an unbelievable sense of peace. God knew that I wouldn’t have allowed Him to calm me down and give me peace while I was awake, so He allowed me to fall asleep. I needed that sense of peace even more than the study time, so God intervened.
One day I was feeling very down and out and I couldn’t even pin-point the reason. It was kind of a mixture of a whole lot of things. I prayed, I sang, I tried everything, but the feeling wouldn’t leave.
A friend of mine was looking for a home for her cat and I had been trying to find someone to take him. While I was putting my bunny away in his hutch – the same bunny I mentioned before – my neighbour, who I would often chat to and hadn’t seen for ages, arrived home. He stayed in a garden-flat next door, and his door was right opposite where my bunny’s pen was. We greeted, and then I asked him if he knew of anyone who was looking for a cat. He said that he didn’t. As I continued to put my bunny away I thought to myself, “I can’t believe you just asked him that!” I guess that maybe there wasn’t really anything strange about asking, but whether there was or
not, I then burst out laughing – not out loud, but inside. I couldn’t stop smiling. That was the end of me feeling down and out.
God has so many ways to grant us His peace. Some of them may seem almost totally ridiculous, like Him allowing me to sleep when I was still hoping to have time to study, and making me laugh about something which wasn’t even that funny. Never ever underestimate God. He can give you peace, His peace, right now. Just ask Him for it.

Today’s Task: Ask the Lord to grant you His peace. Trust that He can give you peace, no matter what you’re going through, in ways you would never dream of. Please accept that peace that only He can give. He wants you to have it more than you want it for yourself. He loves you. Believe it.

Today’s Thanks: O Lord I thank You for Your peace. I thank You that You can grant us peace no matter what we may be going through. I thank You that You know just how to give us that peace. Lord we need peace. We need You. Grant us Your peace today. Amen.