Challenge to Peace

Tags

challenge, deborah chandler ministries, fruit of peace, fruits of the Spirit, Isisah 53, peace, Peace with God

Hi there,

Last week we took the challenged to challenge ourselves  in the fruit of joy.  Well, how’d you do?  It was a especially challenging for me because my mentor and dear pastor went home to be with the Lord.  I know that grieving is natural when someone dies and therefore I was and am.  But I did sign up for this challenge.  The word that kept coming up in my spirit was Isaiah 53:4, “Surely, he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows…”  Right there I knew I had a choice.  I could receive what Jesus had given me or I could keep what I had, my griefs and sorrows.  I wish I could say that through it all I remained stable trusting in God, but I can’t exactly.  What I can say is that when I yielded to the Holy Spirit I had an inward stability but when I didn’t I didn’t.  You see the Holy Spirit is in us producing the fruit that we need but we have to allow it to come forth.  The choice is ours.

This week we will challenge ourselves in the fruit of peace.  Peace and joy are related because it’s impossible to have an inward stability that God through Jesus Christ has already worked it out and not have peace.  Peace is wholeness. Nothing missing, nothing broken completeness.  Jesus said in 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.” Peace is more than a state of mind it’s Christ in us.

Peace is produced in us as we allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to us Jesus Christ, who He is, what He has done and all He has given us.  As we see this we see that we have nothing missing and nothing broken.  We see that there is no need for us to fear because God is not angry with us.  It was only after man sinned and the glory of God fell from him that he feared.  But thank God Jesus came and covered us in His righteousness and glory so that we no longer have to fear.  We have peace with God and therefore have nothing missing and nothing broken.

Philippians 4:6-7 says, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  Throughout this week let’s ask the Holy Spirit to give us that revelation of Jesus, who He is, what He has done and all that He has given us so that no matter what things look like on the outside we know we have peace we know that we have nothing missing and nothing broken.

As The Waters Of Noah

Tags

Covenant of Peace. Peace, faith, Getting pass failures, looking to Christ, Noah, Peace with God, Water

Isaiah 54:9-10

“For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.”

Are you feeling that the reason you are not seeing the blessings of God manifest in your life is due to some failure on your part? If so, it’s time to change the way you think.

The scripture says “For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee or rebuke thee. “ This means that God is not angry with you neither is he withholding anything from you to punish you. Why would God go to His extreme (in the death of the cross) and give us His only begotten Son and then turn around and say, I’m not going to give you the basic necessities of life? Or I’m not going to give you the Job you need, the promotion you desire, or heal your body after crushing His Son at the cross? God would not do that. It was enough at Calvary. It was because He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities that we have the covenant of His peace which He says shall not be removed (Isa. 53:5).

Whenever we blame our failures for what we are not receiving from God, the devil has succeeded in his plan against us. His plan of course is to separate us from our source of power. Therefore, if he can in anyway cause you to focus on yourself and not Christ, he has succeeded in his plan.

God said “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee…” No matter what happens in life God’s kindness and favor shall not depart from us. This is right thinking which leads to right believing and right believing says God is a good God. Right believing is a good opinion of God. Therefore, don’t confuse your wait for denial rest in God’s covenant of peace with you and believe.