Thurs., 3/26/20 Devotion (Jn. 16:33)

Today's encouragement comes from John 16:33, where our Lord Jesus said this:

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

The peace of any human being is found in the Person of Jesus Christ (alone). There exists no peace at all outside of (or apart from) Him. The true Christian churchman’s vital and living union with Jesus causes us to be able to be gen-uinely (not artificially) cheerful, even as we are go through very difficult hard-ships.

All of this is because our Savior has "overcome the world.” This is the key. The world no longer has any controlling power over us (who are in Christ). We, in Jesus, have also "overcome" it.

[Puritan quote of the day: "Begin with simple things, for all truth begins with simple things. A man can never write good cursive till he has first learned his letters.” —Robert Harris, in, "The Way to True Happiness"]