“Peace I leave with you; My [own]
peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not
as the world give do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither
let it be afraid—stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do
not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.”—John
14:27 Amplified
In the beginning, God created Adam
and Eve to live in harmony with Him and all of His creation; the one
restriction that God placed on them was not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. However, God’s
enemy, Satan, seduced them into doubting that God meant what He said, and as a
result they ate the forbidden fruit.
Adam and Eve did not believe the consequences
that God imposed if they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil. He said if they ate of the tree
that they would die. They doubted God’s Word and as a result death entered the
human race and the first sin was committed. When Eve gave the fruit to Adam, he
had a choice not to eat; but, he chose to eat.
The lesson we can learn from this is: Don’t allow the spirit of self-doubt subjugate you to another person’s
doubt. You can believe even if
someone else chooses not to believe.
Adam and Eve doubted God’s love for
them. Satan accused God of not wanting
what was best for them. In essence, he
told Adam and Eve that God was denying them of something that would make them
wiser. This was a direct attach on God’s
love and integrity. God had treated the
human couple with respect and honesty, providing everything they needed, and He
even visited with them everyday.
However, Adam and Eve chose to doubt His love. Think about this…they took the word of a
talking snake over the Word of God (Genesis 1-3).
It is unreasonable to ever doubt God’s
love when you consider Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. When you get a revelation on the great love that
God has for you peace will flood your believing heart and doubt will
vanish. You can boldly say, the Lord is
my Helper and His peace fills my heart. Because
of His peace, I have all confidence and expectation that all of my needs will
be met according to His great riches!
Prayer—Father
I thank you for giving me your Peace.
When fear and doubt try to crowd my mind, I turn to You, and say that the
Lord is my Helper and your Peace floods my heart and mind, and then I can
remain fixed and stable in You, in Jesus Name. Amen.
