John
16:33 ESV
I
have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you
will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Recently while preparing for Vacation Bible School
(VBS), I injured my back. As of this blog I have spent time on the couch with
ice packs and heat packs. I have been prescribed muscle relaxers, and I am
attempting to keep moving.
One of my observations is that during a back spasm it
is best to keep moving as to endure once through the pain, because each attempt
brings the pain of back spasms. As I was getting out of bed and a spasm occurred,
I continued getting up and endured through the pain as to get up and walk. When
this occurred the Holy Spirit came upon me said, “What a great way to preach
God’s Word.”
Our text from John
16:33 tells us that at the end of each of Christ’s sermon to His disciples
He said: “These things I have spoken to you.” With these words, Jesus was passing on to His beloved
disciples that God would always be with them. The peace that they would find
would not be with this world, but rather in the heaven eternal that Christ
sacrificed His life for.
The conclusion of this text has Christ telling His
disciples to be of good cheer, because He
has overcame all the things that this world has done and will do to us.
Beloved, whether Physical, Emotional, or Spiritual
pain, we are called to endure through the pain. We are told to be of good cheer
when our physical bodies as well as this world cause us pain and strife. There
is a better way, and a better place, and His
name is Jesus Christ.
He
has gone to prepare heaven for us and we can truly tell those that try to hurt
us, my God will never leave me, and the worlds deeds will be upon me for only a
short while. My home is not here, I will strive through the pain with good
cheer, because we only reside in this world once.
Heaven is my home, heaven is
our home and one day the pain will be gone forever, and heavenly peace will be
our reward. Get up, walk and endure through your pain! God is with you and heaven is your home.
This is the Promise of
Christ, and these are the things that He has
spoken to you.
Go in Peace and Serve the Lord.
Pastor Tim.
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