Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. – John 14:1 (NKJV)
1) Here Jesus was advising his disciples not to be troubled in heart. He is also telling each one of us not to be troubled. In the letter written by Peter he is also emphasising the same to us by saying “Cast all your anxiety upon Him as He cares for us” (1Perter 5:7)
2) Jesus is asking His disciples and us as well to believe in our Lord completely in all situations trusting the scripture which states, “And we all know that all things work together for good to those who are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).
3) Jesus also insisting His disciples to believe in Jesus as well. We all know that Jesus himself seated on the right hand of our Father in heaven and interceding for all of us. (Ref. Romans 8:34) Usually we reach to our neighbors or man of God for our prayer request but do remember that we have our mediator always there for us interceding.
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – meditate on these things. – Philippians 4:8
As Paul advice to Philippians, one should spend time meditating on what good Lord done to us instead of what `bad people did to us that helps us to trust and cling on to our Lord.
Today Let us decide to Guard our heart from all negative feeling and to trust in Lord in all situations.
How to apply in our daily life:
1) When we go through difficult situation, we keep on thinking about the situation and worst scenario comes out of the same. Instead, we need to meditate upon Lords word.
Below are few sample verses that we can mediate:
a. To overcome incapability, I can do all things through Christ who strengths me.
b. To overcome enemy’s battle, “No weapons formed against me shall prosper”
c. To overcome fear, Lord has not given me Spirit of fear but He has given, me Spirit of love, power and self-discipline
2) Meditating of Lords verse will help us to focus on Lord and His strength and power and help us to believe and trust in Him.
3) Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17); When you read The Bible, verses read it aloud again and again till it starts to work in your heart
Prayer
My dear heavenly Father, loving Jesus comforting Holy Spirit we have come before your throne of grace trusting in you who is the author and finisher of our faith to help us in our unbelief and to increase our faith so that out heart doesn’t become anxious and fearful in every challenging situation. As we know the Lord who guards Israel will never sleep nor slumber and He provides solution for all problem. Amen
Sol.Stella Doss