Matthew 10
Even though Jesus can give the "peace that surpasses all understanding", He leaves us in no doubt from this passage that following Him does not necessarily reasult in a peaceful life. There will be conflict, even with friends and family.
I've got the choice with my life - do I try to find it (pursue what I think I need/want - money, family, car, drink, drugs, food whatever) and in the process lose it because those things can never satisfy. Or do I lose my life for Jesus, give it completely over to Him to do whatever he wants with it, surrendering all my desires to Him, and by doing that, find the life I was designed to live.
Even though Jesus can give the "peace that surpasses all understanding", He leaves us in no doubt from this passage that following Him does not necessarily reasult in a peaceful life. There will be conflict, even with friends and family.
I've got the choice with my life - do I try to find it (pursue what I think I need/want - money, family, car, drink, drugs, food whatever) and in the process lose it because those things can never satisfy. Or do I lose my life for Jesus, give it completely over to Him to do whatever he wants with it, surrendering all my desires to Him, and by doing that, find the life I was designed to live.
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