John 14:27 - My Peace

August 5, 2018

John 14:27

NIV - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

MSG - That's my parting gift to you.  Peace.  I don't leave you the way you're used to being left - feeling abandoned, bereft.  So don't be upset.  Don't be distraught.

As I wrote this down, I had to erase the second "peace" in the NIV version because I missed the "my".  This is the word that came to me as the focus of this verse.  MY peace I give you.  From the King of Kings, Son of God.  He gave me HIS peace.  Perfect and complete.

Thank you, Jesus for your perfect peace. Let me have enough sense to accept it!

Joyce Meyer put it this way in her book.  It is like we're trying to sit in a chair, when we're already in it.  We search in vain and get frustrated.  But Peace is already there.  We just have to relax and enjoy it.

For the listening part, I had heard loud and clear the part for me.  Do not let your hearts be troubled.

Knee to knee with me, I hear my Jesus and my Comforter say, "Don't be uspet.  I've got this.  He is my child, too."  What a hug.  What a way for me to feel my burden shared and by those so much more than me.  I just have to accept it.  Trust it.  Follow the promised path and know that I am granted not just the power to overcome the evil that gets in the way, but also granted the peace of knowing I am not alone.

This trust thing keeps popping up.  I think that might be my work now!

This week I will write the passage on a little piece of paper to carry with me, but I will do it without my glasses on so I can actually read it when I see it in my wallet.

Love to you all!