My Peace is the treasure of treasures: the pearl of great price. It is an exquisitely costly gift, both for the Giver and the receiver. I purchased this Peace for you with My blood. You receive this gift by trusting Me in the midst of life’s storms. If you have the world’s peace—everything going your way—you don’t seek My unfathomable Peace. Thank Me when things do not go your way, because spiritual blessings come wrapped in trials. Adverse circumstances are normal in a fallen world. Expect them each day. Rejoice in the face of hardship, for I have overcome the world.
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. —Matthew 13:46
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds. —James 1:2
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33
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God gave His son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins so that we may have peace and overcome the world. In order to accept this peace and love we must trust Him at all times, no matter rain or shine.
Sometimes it is hard to us to remember to stay focused on God when everything is going our way. The peace of the world may have fallen upon us, but are we letting God's peace into our hearts as well?
And when we face trials and tribulations do we curse someones name and ask "why me"? Or do we Thank God for what we still have and for His total and complete protection from the Devil who is trying to tempt our trust?
It is hard to think about things in this manner. It is difficult to think that God's spiritual lessons can come wrapped up in something we may think as negative, but He is our God and He is forever faithful because He loves us and as Christians we must never ever forget it.
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