Have you had your Joy Juice today? Peace and joy should go
hand in hand.
“Peace is
not the absence of stress but the presence of the Savior,” writes David
Jeremiah. It’s a fact of life that we will have a variety of stressful
moments….almost daily. Yet, we can still experience peace! How can that be?
Dr.
Jeremiah explains: “In the face of
uncertainty, tragedy, and danger, we all have moments when we’re overcome, when
we lose sight of the peace our Lord brought us.
In these times, our work—and it’s not always easy—is to turn our
thoughts and hearts back to God’s peace, the peace that passes all
understanding. Our job is to immerse ourselves in the peace of Jesus
Christ.”
The Bible
calls Jesus the Prince of Peace. He is
not the prince of chaos or stress or anxiety.
He’s the epitome of PEACE. Though
our world-view would have us see God as stern, vengeful and rigid, Christians
know (through the Word of God, as well as the experience of His faithfulness)
that He is a God of peace and order. Remember the passage in Galatians 5 where
the fruit of the Spirit is listed…..love, joy, PEACE… The Holy Spirit working in our lives
produces peace.
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Corinthians 14:33 tells us clearly: “For God is not a
God of confusion but of peace…”
Don’t allow the stresses of
this day to steal your joy. Hold on to
the Prince of Peace.
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