Are You Ever Disturbed?

[Chad]

Are You Ever Disturbed?
Oswald Chambers

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.”
John 14:27

There are times when our peace is based upon ignorance, but when we awaken to the facts of life, inner peace is impossible unless it is received from Jesus. When Our Lord speaks peace, He makes peace, His words are ever "spirit and life." Have I ever received what Jesus speaks? "My peace I give unto you" - it is a peace which comes from looking into His face and realizing His undisturbedness.

Are you painfully disturbed just now, distracted by the waves and billows of God's providential permission, and having, as it were, turned over the boulders of your belief, are you still finding no well of peace or joy or comfort; is all barren? Then look up and receive the undisturbedness of the Lord Jesus. Reflected peace is the proof that you are right with God because you are at liberty to turn your mind to Him. If you are not right with God, you can never turn your mind anywhere but on yourself. If you allow anything to hide the face of Jesus Christ from you, you are either disturbed or you have a false security.

Are you looking unto Jesus now, in the immediate matter that is pressing and receiving from Him peace? If so, He will be a gracious benediction of peace in and through you. But if you try to worry it out, you obliterate Him and deserve all you get. We get disturbed because we have not been considering Him. When one confers with Jesus Christ the perplexity goes, because He has no perplexity, and our only concern is to abide in Him. Lay it all out before Him, and in the face of difficulty, bereavement and sorrow, hear Him say, "Let not your heart be troubled."

 

[dalan-ranna]

wow!!

What a great thread Brother Chad

God bless

Dalan

 

[Mike Scott]

Disturbed Ya!!!

Hey Chad.

Yes our Lord has a way of making sure we do not rest easy when we are needing to be obedient to His voice.

I had a situation of great importance towards my marriage that would either make or break it and I was avoiding it like a plague. Because I thought I would lose her forever, if I ever followed through with what our Lord was asking me to do.
( Oh me of little faith)!!!!!
His relentless ways of speaking to me greatly disturbed me!

He used pastors messages, promise keeper events, I would try and get some good old fashion time in the word and He would take me to scripture that would again hit the button. I got so frustrated.

Long story short I finally followed through and He was right and my wife will eventually forgive me.

Turns out He was taking my wife and I into youth ministry / and major church ministry and He wanted to remove a very large weapon that the
enemy would of brought out to tear apart the church and a marriage, instead of the singular problem.

So moral of the story, if He is disturbing you, then you better figure out
why much sooner than it took me.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you......... to give you a future and a hope.

Thanks again Chad
Mike
aka grizzly for Christ