THANKFUL

Chatting with Jesus

Monday, February 12, 2024

Lord, things are worrisome down here. Chaos abounds worldwide. Wars wage in the Middle East, conflicts brew between ethnic groups, and evil actors strive to divide and sow corruption in our societies. Of course, all these troubles are nothing new. When you walked among us, societal divisions were rampant. Religious and political divisions had groups fighting one another for power of the populace.

Like us today, surely your disciples felt apprehension in their spirits over the uncertainty of their times. John 14 records your encouragement to your anxious followers instructing them they can trust putting their futures in your hands.

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.  There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?  When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am” (John 14:1-3 NLT).

Don’t let our hearts be troubles? How often do we flippantly throw that phrase around, but how do we implement a trouble-free heart? Today, believers jump-start their trouble-free hearts the same way as the disciples. They made a deliberate choice to put their trust in Jesus.

Jesus, you promised your followers that putting their faith in you, that you are who you claimed to be—the long-awaited Messiah, the Son of God—that no matter what happened in the world they lived in, you held their futures firmly in your eternal hands.  

Today, Lord, might we deliberately do the same and place our faith in you completely. By doing so, we too will experience your peace amid our troubling times.

Amen, Jesus.