At every point in life, believers need peace. There are many things in the world that can make us nervous and anxious. When we consider how the world operates and all the problems that are around us, it becomes very difficult to maintain the proper kind of emotions. This is why the Lord promises strength for the “inner man”: “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man” (Eph.3:16).  All of us need strength inside us. We need His peace. 

Everyone on earth hurts in some way. Suffering is a part of life. What Jesus Christ promises is not a removal of suffering, but a peace that is with us in the worst of times. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27). In John 16:33, Jesus promises us peace even though “in the world you will have tribulation.” 

Our greatest joy in life should be to trust God. Each day is a new beginning and can be a new adventure with the one who knows the end from the beginning, who is all-powerful, meaning He can take us anywhere He wants us to go. Every day with Christ is a fresh start, a chance to do today what we have failed to do yesterday. 

If  you trust Christ for your salvation, then learn to trust Him for everything else. If He can handle the most important things, the salvation of your soul, then He can surely handle the lesser things, like the daily trials of your life. Faith should be to us the most practical of all things. It should come in when all assurances of help and safety from a human standpoint go out. We must come to the place where we trust God, not just for a few spiritual things, but for everything. You can lean entirely upon the Lord, because He can bear the load! The things that weigh us down so heavily in this life are not difficult at all to Him. He is higher and stronger than the dangers and snares of a world given to sin. There are so many things that are mysteries to us, but they are all known to Him. There is nothing He does not know, nothing He cannot do, and nothing in your live about which He does not care. 

He knows and controls your future. You can safely leave it with Him. Your past is now with Him. No matter how bad it may seem to you, it belongs to Christ, and He has pardoned you. You are safe in Him. That means that the present is the place for your thoughts and attention. Today is the only place for the believer to live.  

Wayne Dunaway