Jesus continues to reassure his disciples about his impending death.
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Jesus’ disciples were upset because he told them that he was leaving them soon. He has been reassuring them that the Holy Spirit would guide them after he left. He promised them peace. He contrasted the peace that he would give with the peace that the world gives.
So, what peace does the world give? From the world’s perspective, peace is the absence of problems. The key to peace is to not have problems. However, we know that everybody has problems. We often pursue the accumulation of wealth because we think that money can solve our problems, but we know that many problems can’t be solved with money. Some medical problems can not be fixed with any amount of money. Relationship problems can not be solved with money. Death can not be bought-off.
God is bigger than any of our problems. The peace from God is about our biggest problem – our separation from God. Jesus is the mediator who establishes peace between us and God. True peace means that we can face any problems in life because we are walking with God in his power.
If I can have the peace that God offers, why is my life so crazy? It is because I take my eyes off of God and stop seeing things from his perspective and see things from the world’s perspective. I focus on problems and how to avoid them or solve them rather than living for God and letting him guide me through the problems.
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This passage is probably the most encouraging. I love the way He ends "Get up! Let's leave this place." I think the Lord as long as we are here on this side of heaven He will constantly be telling us to Get up and leave this place. We come just for a while to settle in and be salt to those around us, but we can not stay there. Just like any good neighbor, we got to move on, but we will return. We have to keep moving from place to place planting our seeds and letting our light shine.
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