Are You Searching For Peace?

 John 14:27...Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

You are searching for peace; you are longing for it. You thought you would find it if you made a lot of money, but you didn’t find it. You thought you would find it if you had sex experiences, but you didn’t find it. You thought you would find it if you got drunk, but you didn’t find it. You thought you would find it in getting and accumulating a lot of knowledge, so you got all the degrees you could get, but you didn’t find it. You’ve searched the religions of the world, but you haven’t found it. There are a thousand ways you’ve turned, trying to find peace, but you haven’t found it. You’ve escaped from reality for a few moments, for a few hours, and then it’s back there—the old burden, the old suffering, the old emptiness, the old monotony, the old grind. Give your life to Christ and let Him give you “the peace ... which surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4:7). As you yield completely to Him as Savior and Lord— when you come to Christ by an act of faith—He gives you the Holy Spirit, who produces the fruit of the Spirit. After the Holy Spirit is in you, you must yield to Him so He controls your life. It is then that sin shall not rule over you, shall not have dominion over you. “[The Holy Spirit] who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). I have power over the devil. I have power over self. I have power over sin. You say, “What do you want us to do? I believe in God, I believe in Christ, I believe in the Bible—isn’t that enough?” No! By an act of faith, you must receive Christ. You must give Him your total life, your intellect, your emotional life. Your will must be bent to His will—surrender, commit, receive. “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12). Give your life to Him! Don’t you let anything keep you back! You may never again be this close to the kingdom of God.