A Word for you today from
the Lord Jesus Himself.
“Do not let your
heart be troubled”
D.P. Weary
February 2011
Today we
find ourselves living in a world of turmoil, lawlessness, wars and rumor of
wars, evil being called good and good being called evil, corruption, deceit,
hard economic times, persecution, plagues, and hunger. It is easy in these days
to become depressed, hopeless, even despairing. Many hearts are troubled these
days. Even if you are coping OK then I know that you have relatives, friends, neighbors
or coworkers that are having a hard time dealing with life right now. But there
is a God who knows where you are, and where they are. He knows your pain, your
anxieties, your fears, and your troubled heart. Read these scriptures as a
personal letter to you and share then with others you know who are having a
hard time right now. This is a Word of the Lord for
you today!
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Jesus, the Way to
the Father
1“Don’t
let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2There
is more than enough room in my Father’s home.a If
this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place
for you?b 3When
everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with
me where I am. 4And
you know the way to where I am going.”
Jesus is coming very soon to
take all true believers to our home in heaven where we will be with Him
forever.
5“No, we don’t know,
Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know
the way?”
6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. 7If
you had really known me, you would know who my Father is.c From
now on, you do know him and have seen him!”
Knowing and trusting in Jesus
is the only way to get to The Father’s House. The only way to get to
heaven.
8Philip said, “Lord,
show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”
9Jesus replied, “Have I been with
you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who
has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? 10Don’t
you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I
speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. 11Just
believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe
because of the work you have seen me do.
The man Jesus is the revealer
of God the Father to mankind. To be saved is to believe that Jesus is God in
the flesh (The Son of God). The fullness of the God Head bodily dwells in our
Lord Jesus (Col. 2:9).
12“I
tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have
done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. 13You
can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring
glory to the Father. 14Yes,
ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!
Believing in Jesus and making
Him the Lord of our lives gives us the right to approach the very Throne of
God in heaven. We have been given the authority to ask the Father anything in
Jesus’ name and He promises to do it. Anything that is that Jesus would ask
for.
Jesus Promises the
Holy Spirit
15“If
you love me, obeyd my
commandments. 16And
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,e who
will never leave you. 17He
is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him,
because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him,
because he lives with you now and later will be in you.f 18No,
I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. 19Soon
the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also
will live. 20When
I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are
in me, and I am in you. 21Those
who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And
because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and
reveal myself to each of them.”
We prove our love for Jesus by
accepting and obeying His commandments. If we do this Jesus will come to us,
not in bodily form to live with us, but as the Holy Spirit to live in us. And
He promises to love us and reveal himself to us.
22Judas (not Judas
Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, “Lord, why are
you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?”
23Jesus replied, “All who love me
will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our
home with each of them. 24Anyone
who doesn’t love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own.
What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me. 25I
am telling you these things now while I am still with you. 26But
when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy
Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have
told you.
The Holy Spirit living in us
is our advocate, our teacher, our comforter, our counselor, helper,
intercessor, and our strengthener. He is the power by which we exercise our
authority as sons and daughters of God to be what God wants us to be and to
do what He asks us to do. To not receive this gift of the Holy Spirit is to have a form of godliness, but deny the power
thereof (2
Tim. 3:5).
27“I
am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a
gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. 28Remember
what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you
really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is
greater than I am. 29I
have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen,
you will believe.
We are not to be troubled or
afraid because Jesus has given us a gift. A gift of peace of mind and heart.
This peace does not depend on worldly circumstances; it is a supernatural
gift of His presence with us, and His promises to us. Note that He tells us
things before they happen (the prophetic Word) so that when they do happen,
we will believe, trust Him, know that He is in control, and know that they
are all a part of His great plan to take all true believers to be with Him in
heaven and to establish His Kingdom on earth.
30“I
don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world
approaches. He has no power over me, 31but
I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I
love the Father. Come, let’s be going.
Never before have these words be so
true. The evil ruler of the world, Satan and his bodily manifestation on
earth the Antichrist, approaches. The signs are everywhere. We are to do what
Jesus did. He was obedient to the Father. Let us also be obedient to God in
these last days, doing what He asks of us for His Glory!
Come;
let us be going about the Father’s business!
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living
Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007.
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