This Is the Way
"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"
by Robin Webber
"Iraq could be planning a chemical or biological attack on American cities through the use of remote-controlled drone planes equipped with GPS tracking maps, according to U.S. intelligence."
That's what greeted me this morning as I sat down, opened up my paper and drank my coffee. Great, just what I needed to start the day! Spoiled a good cup of coffee! More importantly, it could spoil my mind, if I allow it to do so. Your newspaper is probably reading a lot like mine these days—seemingly, more bad news than ever. War is in the air! It's "on the mind."
It's one thing for a student of prophecy to read Matthew 24:6, which describes a time of "wars and rumors of wars." It's quite another matter when they actually start to happen one after another so that it can even paralyze the faith of the faithful. Add to that our own personal trials, and we potentially have a recipe for disaster. If we let it—and in that "if," there's a choice.
Peace I leave with you
Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Carpenter from Galilee gave us a framework to guide us through today's despair. It was not meant to be trite philosophy, but a personal anchor to securely moor us in times of great insecurity. The very night He spoke, multiple prophecies were coming to a collective bursting point. The Carpenter's world and that of His followers was about to be turned upside down and unalterably changed. In less than a day, He would be dead.
The Carpenter, who was also a Prophet and the very Son of God, squarely laid out a blueprint of hope to build upon in John 14:27-28, saying, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away, and coming back to you.'"
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Table of Contents that includes "Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"
Other Articles by Robin Webber
Overwhelmed:
- _The Godly Gift of "Forever Eyes"
- _Steps in Dealing With Grief
- _Biblical Solutions to Anxiety
- _Are You Feeling Overwhelmed?
- _Wagon of Rocks
- _Steps in Dealing With Grief
- _Flexing the Muscle Memory
- _The Two Witnesses and You
- _The 144,000--A Promise Kept
- _Introduction (LF)
- _What Is the Fate of Those Who Refuse to Repent?
- _Can We Explain All Suffering?
- _How Good Can Come From Suffering
- _How Is the Work of God Accomplished Today?
- _Does God Keep His Word?
- _Advocates of British-Israelism
- _The Christian Battle
- _The World's a Mess: Can You Be Positive?
- _America's Hope for Recovery: Real or Merely an Illusion?
- _The Two Witnesses and You
- _When the Angel Leaves the Storm, Part 2
- _What Do You Mean, Under God?
- _Joel and the Start of the Church
- _Jeremiah Offers Us Hope for the Future
- _Our Dependence on the God Who Created Us
- _Transforming Your Life - Table of Contents
- _The Holy Spirit: God's Transforming Power
- _Help for Sufferers
- _Learning from the Suffering of Job
- _A Sudden and Dangerous Turn of Events
- _Faith, Choice and Commitment
- _Why We Need the Holy Spirit
- _When Time and Chance Happen to You
- _Why do we blame God for Catastrophes?
- _Where was God?
- _God Works in Mysterious Ways
- _Does God Help Those Who Help Themselves?
- _You Were Born to Win!
- _"She'll Never Sing, Write or Play Guitar Again"
- _Under Eagle's Wings
- _To Prevail Against the Enemy
- _Do It Anyway
- _Amazing Grace: A Lifelong Love Story
- _Flight of the Monarch
- _Your Job and the "Joseph Effect"
- _A Different Breed of Warrior
- _A Big Shadow
- _A Better Way
- _Your Responsibility in Healing
- _What Do You Mean, Under God?
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