JESUS SAID
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the
husbandman...abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can you, except you abide in me."
John 15:1, 4
To abide in Him, the true vine, is
to have life. Peace is part of such abiding, a by-product. Jesus
calls us to that resting position in Himself not to dominate us, but to live through us. The One who
knows no panic or fear desires to live in us and what He gives now is
forever. It will never diminish but only increase.
Having peace and keeping it, centers on
one truth alone, Jesus Christ.
He is the source of all true peace. To have Him is to have peace and
enjoy the daily walk that means abundant
living with all the purpose and joy that He intended us to have.
Each day we need to ask Him to be in the center of our will. Living
in Jesus and He in us, we will not only know the will of God for our life, we
will have Life itself in the center of His will. There really is no other
place to be.
"Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him." In Hebrew, "Be silent to God, and let Him mold you."
Keep still and He will mold you to
the right shape."
Martin Luther
“Our Lord
frequently prayed alone, separating Himself from every earthly
distraction. As we observe the prayer
life of Jesus, we notice the earnestness with which He prayed. In
Lord,
teach me to be still. Bring me into a deeper walk with You, where I can
be completely in Your will, daily, hourly, moment by moment. Mold me
to Your will before I go out into our often-disturbing world where there
is no peace. Thank you that Jesus is our
peace and through Him, you have given us everything we need to be quiet and at
rest even in the midst of the busyness and chaos of this world, in Jesus Name… Selected