The time is now here when Christians must know and abide in the peace of God. If we have true faith, we must also have the peace of God which remains calm in the midst of any storm. We have been given a Kingdom that cannot be shaken. If we have built our lives on it, everything that can be shaken is shaken. We are told this in Hebrews 12, and through even the greatest shaking, we will remain steadfast and a sanctuary in the storm. Do not let anything steal your peace.
If you feel like the situations that are now coming upon the world are beyond control, you are right. They are beyond human control. This is the primary reason for the great time of trouble or tribulation that is coming upon the world. It is the result of mankind trying to run the world without God. We need God. We need Him for our personal lives, and we need Him in all human affairs.
Resolve every time that you feel fear and panic rising in you to read Psalm 91, and other Scriptures that promise God’s protection. He will protect His people who have made Him their refuge. If the Word, God Himself has taken His stand against the devil with “It is written,” how much more should we? There is only one answer to the problems that are coming upon the world, and we know Him. Determine every time when you begin to feel fear that you are going to trust God and grow in the peace of God. Fight the fear with “It is written.” What He has promised us is absolute truth. It is a rock, and it will not shake, even when the entire world is shaking.
One of the most important Christian teachings and disciplines, is the call that we have to take up our crosses and “die daily.” If we have died to this world as we have been called to do, it is impossible for us to fear. What does a dead man fear? One who is already dead to this world does not fear anything on the earth. This must be our resolve.
The number one strategy of the devil in these times is to control the world through fear. The Lord leads His people through faith. The times are going to increasingly reveal those who have true faith and those who do not. Psalm 32 is an important word for us, especially verses 6-11.
The Kingdom is coming, and our King is going to restore the earth to the paradise He created it to be. He is going to remove all disease, pain, cruelty and suffering, and wipe every tear away from every eye.
The Kingdom is at hand, even at the door.
However, we must understand this door. As Paul said in Acts 14:22, “Through many tribulations we must enter the Kingdom of God.” The Lord does not allow troubles to come upon His people without purpose, and the basic purposes are:
1) to help conform us to the image of Christ, and
2) to help us find the entry into the Kingdom in that area of our life.
The “great tribulation” (see Matthew 24:21), or the “great time of trouble,” are also doors for the whole world to enter into the Kingdom–and that will be the result.
The Lord said that “…the harvest is the end of the age….”(Matthew 13:39), As all of the Lord Jesus’ own prophecies concerning these times make very clear, we are coming to the greatest times of trouble the world has ever known. However, the good news is, if we have built our lives on the Kingdom which cannot be shaken, we will not only survive what is coming, but we will prevail and prosper.
The prophecies of these times are fearful for those who are not abiding in the Prince of Peace.
If we have built our lives on the Kingdom, we have nothing to fear from anything, or anyone. Those who have not built their lives on the Kingdom will have many things to fear, and it will increase. Therefore, we want to see these things for what they are, and be prepared, not to just survive, but to save many others.
Let Him fix all of your problems, and determine that you are going to grow in trust in Him every day. Then decide that you are going to help others do the same.
