Day 108: John 14:1

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and also trust in me." ~John 14:1, NLT

Jesus spoke these words to His disciples after He tried (unsuccessfully) to explain to them that He was going to die. To the disciples, even the thought of their beloved Messiah, the heir of David who was going to overthrow the Roman Empire in their eyes, dying was a very disturbing thought, and might have kept them up at night. But Jesus told them not to.

Jesus told them to trust in God, because it was His plan, after all. But not just that, He told them to trust in Him, who knew God's plan and wasn't going to chicken out and miss His purpose.

Today, there are plenty of things that can trouble our hearts. Some things that bother me include the moral decay of the Western world, the impending war in Israel and Internet totalitarianism. There are other, greater things to worry about, but God doesn't want us to worry about it, but rather come to Him with those things in prayer. He wants us to give the matters into His hands, to trust with our prayers that He can handle it and take care of us.

And He can.

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