Your Anxiety For His Peace

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27

D.L. MOODY
Did you ever think that when Christ was dying on the cross, He made a will? Perhaps you have thought no one ever remembered you in a will. If you are in the kingdom, Christ remembered you in His. He willed His body to Joseph of Arimathea, He willed His mother to John, the son of Zebedee, and He willed His spirit back to His Father. But to His disciples He said, “My peace, I leave that with you; that is my legacy. My joy, I give that to you.”
“My joy,” think of it! “My peace”—not our peace, but His peace!
They say a man can’t make a will now that lawyers can’t break…I will challenge them to break Christ’s will; let them try it. No judge or jury can set that aside. Christ rose to execute His own will. If He had left us a lot of gold, thieves would have stolen it in the first century; but He left His peace and His joy for every true believer, and no power on Earth can take it from him who trusts.

ERWIN LUTZER
The peace of God is better than gold, yet we’ve all found it difficult to accept this gift when anxiety overtakes us. Anxiety is like a warning light on a car, highlighting that which we have not put under God’s complete authority. Or perhaps we haven’t yet fully cast our fears upon Him, surrendering every corner of our lives to Him. Christ offers His peace to us personally. There is a real sense of well-being and stability from knowing our life is in God’s hands.
Jesus gave us the gift of His peace at a time when, in His humanity, He Himself needed peace, for this was the last night before He would be cruelly hung on a cross. Yet even then, he was still the Prince of Peace.
Choose peace this year. Christ’s promise of peace, belongs to you.

PRAYER
Father, I transfer my anxieties unto your shoulders. Today, I choose to walk in the peace Jesus promised.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What situation in your life is disrupting your peace and sense of well-being? 

Do you believe Christ’s peace can be your own?