Missing Peace? John 16

I think one of the most common reasons we miss out on peace is because we don't go to the Lord with what is going on in our lives and we end up getting swayed by circumstances not moved by Him. I know, for me personally, what I do is take control (which is opposite of the freedom he has called us too). We were not created to take things on ourselves. No man is an Island. There is a Creator who is in control and all life and goodness comes from him. Yet we don't go to him. why?

Look at the passage in John 16:16-20, " ¹⁶ A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me." ¹⁷Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, ' A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because I go to the Father'?" ¹⁸So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about." Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, 'A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me'? ²⁰"Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.

I love how the Bible is exactly like life today.

What happens is we talk about it to others or take it on our own, even when He is speaking directly to us. We shut him out get into our circles and close our hearts to Him. All that comes from that is pain on ourselves. It boils down to this; do we really trust Him and do we really trust He is there? I know a good way to check doubt, it is if I go to myself with a decision or to others before going to God. If there is any hurt, pain, confusion, or doubt He is there listening to you talk to others and saying "Are you deliberating together about what I said is true, Truly Truly I say your grief will be turned to joy" If you believe in Him, then open your heart to Him and trust Him, that He is who he says He is. He is who He promised.

Silence, John 17

How do we encounter God and not conjure anything up or become fake when we encounter Him? Well the answer is to just "be". Just be in His Presence, recognize He is there and in everything.

But what we do as humans is over complicate this and we surround God with all these idea we have about Him and don't actually know Him. So God has called us to pray, he recognizes the structure of a human and says we need to pray not only so he gets Glory, but he wants to encounter us. He wants us. So the only way to break out of our own ideas about God, is to sit in silence. Like Jesus in the garden.

We must seek that quiet place and sit in silence and break all labels of God. Sit in silence everyday where we are still and only focus on one thing: God. All other thoughts we have to let pass by us and say that those things are not of us. Breathe and think upon one thing Jesus. Let it take you from the known to the unknown. Then we bring that encounter with the Lord, we take that silence to the streets. Among the chaos, there will be silence. There will be encounters with the Lord. We can become one with God all the time, we can stay abound in Christ. Just be present, and recognize His Presence then move to his rhythm. We don't need to abuse Him by seeing Him in the morning and go on by living like he doesn't exist through the day. That's going back to knowing about his grace instead of encountering grace. It won't affect Him he doesn't need us. He does want us though. He is a jealous, loving God. So let's seek Him and know Him, go from the things of Him and go straight for Him. Be present and encounter His presence, start off in the morning with just you and the Lord, put on the armor, and go live in the world while always still encountering Him, it starts in the Silence

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