Freedom From Worry

Today’s reading: John 14:15-31

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. - John 14:27

Jesus is in the process of re-breaking the hardest news the disciples have ever attempted to digest. In John 14, He promises that another Counselor would come (14:16), and the biggest difference would be that this Counselor would not just be WITH them, He would be IN them (14:17).

Yet Jesus doesn't just give them this information and leave it at that. He knows they are troubled at the news that He was going to leave them. So He gives them a glimpse at what this future life of walking in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16) would look like.

Jesus promises them what the world cannot offer: PEACE, and apparently this peace dispels fear when our hearts are troubled. The Greek word for peace here is eirene, and it means "to have freedom from worry" or "harmony".

Is your heart troubled today by fear? Peace is available!
(see Philippians 4:6-7)