Living a Trouble
Free Life
Are you weary? No need to be. Are you
heavy
''hearted? No need for that either.
Do you have
troubles? Are you carrying a heavy
load? if
so, there is something you can do
about it. Dr.
Curtis Hutson used to say, " I
am the only one
who can mess up my day." He
refused to allow
health problems, finances, weather
conditions,
people, or any circumstances or
situations to rob
him of God's blessings. I can do that
too, and
so can you. Jesus spoke of" being
free indeed."
We can live above the circumstances.
In this
passage, there are four reasons given
to enable
me to do this.
.. First, we have peace. The Bible
speaks of
(Romans 5;1),- peace with God, Romans
5:l), peace of God
(Philippians 4 : 6,7), and peace with
people and
our surroundings (John- 14:27). This
peace is
(John 14:1) available outside of an
intensive care room,
or by a casket at the funeral home.
There is a
place. There is Heaven. We have His
Word on
it. As we read about the place He has
gone to prepare, we can rise
up above despair. We have an
inheritance, incorruptible, undefiled,
that fadeth not away (l Peter l:3-4).
Also, we have a promise: "
I will come again." The
excitement of His soon coming will turn
mountains into molehills. Lastly, we
have the person. Jesus is the
only Person qualified to get us into
Heaven. He is the solution to
our problems. He is the answer to our
questions. He is not a best
way, or one of the ways, He is the
only way. "Come unto me," He
said, "and I will give you
rest."
Dr. Tom Wallace, Pastor Emeritus,
Franklin Road Baptist Church,
Murfreesboro, TN
Today's Through the Bible Reading
Ezekiel 47,48; I John 1