Romans 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Read that verse a few times. Read it slowly. Put the emphasis on different words as you read it.
There were a few things that stuck out to me. First off, God is a God of hope. He is a God of confident expectation, and he can fill us with all joy and peace.(I believe the word "all" is one of the most missed words in the Bible.)
There is a qualifier though. There is an "our part". Our part comes in our belief that we can abound in our confident expectation through the power of the Holy Ghost. Notice we don't believe we can abound in our own strength, but only through the Holy Ghost can we have all joy and peace.
This is a promise people. A promise from God. Do you doubt it? Do you read that and think, "yeah, but I'll never be able to do that. I'm too weak. My faith isn't strong enough."? If you think like that, stop. That's satan whispering in your ear. Lay hold on the promises of God firmly. Know that the Bible is true and that when God makes a promise it is beyond any earthly promise you could ever imagine.
This is what Strongs Concordance says about peace:
Peace: of Christianity, the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is.
Would your attitude change today if you remembered and thought on the promise that your salvation is assured through Christ, and that you have nothing to fear here on earth? If the Holy Ghost is present and working in your life, then you can lay hold on that promise.
Let us press toward the mark of the prize brothers and sisters.
3 comments:
Thanks for that post. It really does one good to focus on an individual promise of the Bible which is given to His followers. There are many promises from God that we probably haven't yet grasped because we simply haven't read them enough to lay hold on them. The peace that is given to us truly does pass all understanding, no matter what situation you're in, speaking on a little expierence, God is right there reminding you, that the troubles of this life are only there to strenghthen us and remind us that we should have no worries in this life. Whether health fail, friends leave, loved ones pass on, we have the assured hope of a PERFECT eternal life with him. PEACE!
Justin
Justin: Thanks for the comment! I agree that there are a lot of promises I haven't yet truly grasped. I'm thankful sanctification is a process.
Elise: Thanks for the comment! I too have a tendency to skim over the Word sometimes. It's easy to "just read", and not truly meditate on His promises. I added a link to your blog on my sidebar.
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