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Peace

 

John 14:27 - 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. 

In his devotional book “By Still Waters,” Vance Havner tells of attending a small service in a little church on a cold February night. The people in the congregation were local farming folk, and a time was given for sharing testimonies. The last to speak was a humble woman plainly dressed. She rose and simply said, “I praise the Lord for a deep settled peace. The world did not give it to me, and the world can’t take it away.”

“That testimony lingers with me,” shares Havner. “I think of scholars and sages ransacking libraries and perusing heavy philosophies, searching for the secret of peace, while the plain, farm-woman had been enjoying it through the years.”

There’s much we don’t comprehend. The plans that God has before ordained for us are beyond our understanding, but we know that when we are with Him, there will be peace we have never imagined.

The world didn’t give it and the world can’t take it away.

From – “Walking With God” by David Jeremiah