Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Unexplainable Peace - #8284

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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It was a competition for young painters, and the theme was “Peace.” First prize was for the painting that best portrayed peace. The favorite: well that was a painting that showed a peaceful pasture under a rich blue sky, sheep grazing by the pond and a farm boy fishing. Well, that painting came in second. At first glance, the winning painting seemed to be like a strange choice: rugged cliffs, a foreboding dark sky, a violent storm and a turbulent ocean. But you needed to look again, because halfway up, a mother bird in her nest was there with her little baby birds nestled under her wings, sleeping peacefully.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and you know, real peace isn’t the absence of a storm. It’s peace in the middle of the storm, and that’s hard to come by. It’s like the time I was on an airplane flight where we had a problem that caused the crew to prepare us for a crash landing, and when we landed safely, the lady next to me asked how I could have been so calm–even to be able to joke with her during the crisis. I said, “Well you know, if my peace came from what’s going on around me, I’d have been totally stressed; but my peace comes from inside, where nothing can touch it.”

See, that peace is the peace that Jesus promised to all those who belong to Him. He said, “My peace I give you; do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid” (John 14:27 ). It’s the peace of knowing that I’m in God’s hands because I’ve put my trust in what Jesus did on the cross to make a God-relationship possible.

That may be a peace you need, and we’d love to help you get started with Him. I think there’s information at our website that might be a help. Would you check it out today? It’s ALifeThatMatters.org.

This radio program references: John 14:27