Let Not Your Heart

This story is for some friends of mine, and for anyone else who might really need the reminder.

Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid." - John 14:27 These are commands from God. Commands. Not hopes, wishes, goals or suggestions. They are commands.

Jesus also said this. “If you love me, keep my commands." -John 14:15

If you are troubled or afraid, you are disobeying a direct command from God. We just read that in the first paragraph. Paragraph two tells us that if we do not keep God's commands, we don't love Him. Isn't that what it says?

So, how are we doing with that?

I heard someone say once that "Worry is believing that God can't handle it." I think that's just about right.

Here's another good reminder from the Book of James.

"You do not have because you do not ask God." - James 4:2

So, when your heart is troubled . . . ask God to calm the storm raging inside of you. When you are afraid, ask God to ease your fears. What is faith if you do not believe that God can grant you all these things?

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." - Hebrews 11:1

And the final reminder is this:

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." - 1 Corinthians 13:13

We must have FAITH that God can lead us through any trouble we might have in this life. Our HOPE is in God! Our LOVE for God is the key to answered prayer and rescue from any struggle we might have in life.

"The greatest if these is LOVE."

Amen to that!