Jesus Calms the Waves. He Stills the Winds. With His Peace
Our Lord Jesus stills our souls. Jesus brings to our hearts. His ever-lasting peace.
Reflection. Our Lord Jesus fills our hearts and souls. With His never-ending peace.
Scripture Reading: Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27, KJV)
Peace… it’s something that most of us want but struggle to actually find. And it’s also what is promised all throughout the Bible. Jesus talks about it at length that we can find peace in Him. That’s what makes the meaning of John 14:27 so enticing; it tells us how we can find peace.
This is an incredible verse that points us to the source of peace. There’s so much packed into these few sentences that will offer you hope and encouragement. (September 19, 2023 by Jeffery Curtis Poor)
This article, dear reader. Ponders deeply into the sacred and divine meaning of John 14:27. We investigate what Jesus is freely offering. We fill our hearts and our souls with the peace of Jesus. Jesus, God the Son promised this gift. This blessing of never-ending love, hope and encouragement.
We live in this world of sadness and heartache. We walk with Jesus our Lord. Our souls are stilled with the calming peace of our Lord Jesus. Our hearts are overwhelmed with the unlimited love of our Lord Jesus.
Through Saint John’s Gospel. We picture the confusion amongst Jesus’ beloved disciples. These men had walked and laboured beside their Lord. Jesus the Great Teacher for three long and eventful years. These men had developed a loving and personal companionship with Jesus. Now their Lord was warning each one of His imminent departure. Furthermore, Jesus was saying where He was going. They could not follow.
Scripture Reading: Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. (John 14:27a, KJV)
Each disciple was saddened right to his very soul. By the heart-wrenching news, Jesus had delivered. The heart of each disciple was breaking asunder. Jesus read the heart of each of His beloved friends. Jesus wanted nothing more than to offer His comfort at this time of sadness. Their Lord, their God wanted to replace their heartbreak with His never-ending peace. Jesus gave to each soul His peace and His love. Jesus’ peace calmed the waves of their sadness. Jesus’ love stilled the winds of their heartache.
Jesus the Messiah. Jesus the Redeemer loved each disciple with a love so deep. Each disciple was precious to Jesus. Each one was a personal and an intimate friend. Jesus had walked and worked closely with these beloved men for three long years. Jesus read their hearts and felt deeply their fear and confusion.
Their Lord Jesus knew the days leading up to His crucifixion would be times of hardship and hours of heartbreak. Jesus wanted to replace their sadness with His love and His peace. Jesus read their hearts. Jesus their beloved companion and trusted friend. Read their hearts and saw their trouble and felt their fear. He told each of His beloved friends.
“PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.”
Jesus is encouraging His disciples because they are going to face increasing challenges and difficulties. Jesus is going to be crucified and then ascend to be with His Father.
Scripture Reading: Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27b, KJV)
Reading Saint John chapters thirteen and fourteen. We picture the disciples. We can almost feel their confusion and utter sadness. Jesus their Lord, Great Teacher and Messiah has told them. He is leaving. Each disciple has grown to love Jesus with a love so deep. Each one of these beloved friends is heartbroken over this oh! so sad news. Jesus feels their sadness. Jesus hears their heartbreak. Their Lord wants nothing more than to take away their pain.
Jesus offers each disciple. Both the friends with Him at the time. And those down through the ages. Reading of His love through Saint John’s Gospel. Our Lord offers each faithful disciple His ever-lasting peace. All that is required of us. To love Jesus our Lord with all we are. You and I love God Almighty with all our hearts and all our souls. We faithfully obey the Holy Law of God. We accept the offer Jesus freely gives to us. The offer of His never-ending peace.
Such peace fills our hearts and souls. Such peace transforms our lives. This peace is not like the peace that the world offers. This peace transforms our lives.
It gives rest, quiet, and stillness in the heart, allowing one to endure and be calm even in extreme circumstances12. (Bing, 21/07/2024)
Conclusion. The peace that Jesus fills our hearts and souls with. Gives us the endurance to face whatever life throws at us.
It is sad but oh! so true. Life will still bombard us with hardships we would rather not come our way. With the peace of Jesus in our hearts and souls. We remain calm and still. The waves of troubles. The winds of anxiety are stilled by the peace and the love of our Lord Jesus. The gift of Jesus’ love. The wondrous blessing of our Lord. Jesus’ peace gives us the rest needed. So, when troubles come. We are strong enough to endure and be victorious.
PRAISE BE THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS OUR LORD. AMEN!
Today’s audio music video speaks about how Jesus stills. “My soul; when change and tears are past, All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.”
Hymn History: Be Still, My Soul
”Be Still, My Soul” really had three persons who put it together as the hymn we sing today. Katharina von Schlegel, a notable woman of the Pietism Revival, wrote the words, originally in German. One hundred years later the hymn was translated into English, fortunately for us, by Jane Borthwick. And our last contributor was Finland’s greatest composer, Jean Sibelius. One movement from his “Finlandia” is used as the tune for our hymn. God used three people from three countries to put together a hymn that teaches us that God is in control and to wait on Him.
This hymn was reportedly the favorite of Eric Liddell, the athlete who became famous in the 1924 Olympics for refusing to run on the Sabbath (see the movie Chariots of Fire). Liddell later became a missionary in China and was imprisoned during World War II. He is said to have taught this hymn to others in the prison camp (where he eventually died of a brain tumor. (College of the Open Bible Blog)
Marvin’s article is truly insightful, Diane.
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God keep you safe under His wings always, Diane.
