Grace Spilled Over

“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”  John 16.33

As I read this familiar verse this morning, these three words pierced my soul.  PEACE IN ME . . .  Not peace in family, peace in circumstances, peace in finances, peace in physical health, peace in marital stability, peace in military might BUT . . .

PEACE. IN. ME.

Jesus never promised us a bed of roses when we chose to follow Him.  He never promised us the right to be happy.  But He did promise us PEACE when we remain in Him . . . JOY in the middle of our sorrow (John 16.22) . . . and a LOVE that will not let us go (Romans 8.38-39). 

As we look at this New Year stretching out before us, this new decade dawning, Jesus tells us we will have trials and sorrows – it’s a given.  The real question is . . . will we find our Peace in Him or hunt for it in the temporary things that promise peace but never really deliver?

None of us knows what is up ahead but we do KNOW the ONE who holds our future.  He is OUR OVERCOMER and in Him we find our PEACE.

May you experience true PEACE that is only found in Jesus in this . . .

{2020} New Year!

Spilling His Grace,

kristi