“Experience God’s Peace”

“Experience God’s Peace”

 

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.  Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.  Then you will experience God’s Peace, which exceeds anything we can understand, His Peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.   Philippians 4:6-7

 

 

We are living in DIFFICULT times that could become even more DIFFICULT, and we are faced with MANY UNCERTAINTIES, which can bring about ANXIETY and WORRY, however, the Apostle Paul, in his letter to the TRUE BELIEVERS in Philippi, writes to them with this message:  “Always be full of JOY in the LORD.  I say it again —-REJOICE!  Let everyone see that you are CONSIDERATE in ALL you do.  REMEMBER, the LORD is COMING SOON.” (V-4-5). And then the instructions, he gave them, concerning the times they were facing, he told them:  “Don’t WORRY about ANYTHING; instead PRAY about EVERYTHING. Tell God what you NEED, and THANK Him for ALL He has done.” 

 

WORRY is probably what many of us experience, a lot, and yes, I too WORRY about things that COULD happen, and MOSTLY they DON’T.  But, now, the Apostle Paul says for us to be: “ALWAYS FULL of JOY in the LORD?  And to let EVERYONE see that we are CONSIDERATE or GENTLE in ALL we do.  Because, the LORD JESUS is COMING SOON.  Now, the JOY and GENTLENESS along with the KNOWLEDGE that JESUS CHRIST is COMING SOON, should dispel the ANXIETY we may experience.  We SHOULD NOT be ANXIOUS about ANYTHING, but we SHOULD PRAY about EVERYTHING.  And we SHOULD tell God what we are in NEED of, and then THANK Him for ALL that He has DONE.  When we pray this way it indicates that we are putting our TRUST in the ALMIGHTY GOD.  And once we do this, we NEED to LEAVE it in GOD’S HANDS. 

 

To have a GENUINE CONCERN for the matters that you may encounter, is ONE THING, and WORRYING is another thing all together.  In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus warns about WORRYING.  He asks: “Can all your WORRIES ADD a SINGLE moment to your LIFE?” (V27), “Why do you have so LITTLE FAITH?” (V30), So don’t WORRY about TOMORROW, for TOMORROW will bring its own WORRIES.  TODAY’S TROUBLE is ENOUGH for TODAY.” (V34).  Instead of WORRYING, we SHOULD SEEK the KINGDOM of GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE, and LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY, and He will give us EVERYTHING we NEED. (V33).

 

When we PRAY and LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY, then we will be ABLE to EXPERIENCE GOD’S PEACE.

Romans 5:1 says:  “Therefore, since we have been made RIGHT in God’s Sight by FAITH, we HAVE PEACE with GOD because of what JESUS CHRIST our LORD has done for us.”  On  CALVARY, where He WILLINGLY LAID down HIS LIFE to SAVE our SINFUL SOULS, He PAID the PRICE, that NO ONE ELSE could pay.  And because of this we can EXPERIENCE GOD’S PEACE, a PEACE that EXCEEDS ANYTHING we are able to UNDERSTAND.  This PEACE will GUARD our HEARTS and MINDS as we LIVE IN CHRIST JESUS.  Have you GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to God, through the REDEMPTIVE WORK of His ONLY Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST?

 

In order to receive JESUS as your SAVIOR and LORD, and to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who gave His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL.  And He is the ONLY WAY to HEAVEN.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then, ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and EXPERIENCE GOD’S PEACE.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!