Peace comes when we have hope in God!

 

Our goal [is] to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 

~2 Corinthians 5:9

Peace comes when we have hope in God! We need to place all our trust in Jesus and follow Him! God gave us Jesus, He is Emmanuel, God with us, God gave Jesus to us as an example of how to live, a model, an example of how we need to live. We do not need to worry when we have hope in God, when we place our trust in Jesus. It is all about hope! 

Our Daily Bread had a nice message about hope, they said: "Jeremy didn’t realize what he was getting into when he arrived at the university for his three-year course and asked for the cheapest dorm room available. “It was awful,” he recounted. “The room and its bathroom were terrible.” But he had little money and little choice. “All I could do,” he said, “was think, I have a nice home to go back to in three years’ time, so I’ll stick with this and make the most of my time here.” Jeremy’s story mirrors the everyday challenges of living in an “earthly tent”—a human body that will die (2 Corinthians 5:1), operating in a world that is passing away (1 John 2:17). Thus we “groan and are burdened” (2 Corinthians 5:4) as we struggle to cope with the many difficulties life throws at us. What keeps us going is the certain hope that one day we’ll have an immortal, resurrected body—a “heavenly dwelling” (v. 4)—and be living in a world free of its present groaning and frustration (Romans 8:19-22). This hope enables us to make the most of this present life God has lovingly provided. He’ll also help us to use the resources and talents He’s given us, so we can serve Him and others. And that’s why “we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it” (2 Corinthians 5:9)."

We need to have hope in God if we want true peace! Hope is all that matters. Even when some fall into self-pity, when some get down, depressed, or are bullied and lied to, don't lose faith, I was lied to on Friday by some unsolicited text about voting saying I requested a mail in ballot and to return it. But I never did, they lied, they were bullies and caused election panic where I had to call the Supervisor of Elections to find out what was going on. In this life we will be challenged, lied to, deceived, and attacked, we will have evil come against us, but we need to never lose faith in God that He will take care of everything. We need to have hope, not lose it. Hope in God will get us through anything! Hope in God will also bring great peace!