July 25, 2019

July 25

Running with Jesus  

Luke 24:36 “and as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.”

     As I read this I could hear a line of music in my head, “days are filled with sorrow and care”.  The days we live in are definitely filled with sorrow and cares.  You can’t turn on the TV when something new will come on that is mind boggling.

     The disciples were gathered and discussing the events of the last few days.  They were sharing Jesus had been seen alive.  Then all of sudden there He was standing in the room with them and they were frightened. They thought they were seeing a ghost, but Jesus said, “Peace be unto you”.

     Peace we all desire. Do you need some peace of mind this morning, are you overcome with fear?  Cry out to Jesus because He is peace and can give you the peace you need.  We need Jesus to suddenly appear to us and He will if we allow Him to be involved in our circumstances.  God may not change that circumstance you have found yourself in but He can certainly calm you. 

     Satan uses fear tactics to keep us in a state of panic.  We must refocus the moment fear pops it’s ugly head up.  Fear comes to derail our faith and stop us from running the race of life with Christ and will be used to stop us from praying through our circumstance.  The disciples thought after the cross it was the end but found out it was just the beginning for the rest of their life.  So many times life looks like it is the end, the truth is regardless of what our eyes see and our mind thinks, we can still have peace.

Father, I ask You to calm that spirit in myself and my friends today that are wrestling with the spirit of fear.  You did not give us the spirit of fear you gave us the spirit of a sound mind, love and peace.  Peace speaker speak peace to our troubled soul this morning.  Help us to feel Your Spirit and arms of love wrap around us.

     Let’s rest In Christ this morning, let’s breathe!  Now as we go forward today we will walk in peace.  Focus on Christ and our ministry and leave the battle to Him.  You can’t win because we don’t wrestle with flesh and blood.  It is a war in the heavenly places going on so stop wresting with flesh and let the angels in heaven deal with it.  We are free, let’s go live for Christ.

Tomorrow: He will open our understanding.

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015