12/08/2016
*RHEMA BLOCK DEVOTIONAL.*
_FRIDAY 12TH,AUGUST, 2016_
*NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES...*
_JOHN 14:27_ *Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you.*
Christ promised life and peace to those who are His children and part of His kingdom but this peace is not as the world gives. So this means the world gives a kind of peace. The greek word for the world is _kosmos_ which means _world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly, government,_ of which satan is the god of it(2 Corin 4:4). This means he operates and orders it.
The _kosmos_ kind of peace is derived from drugs, alcohol and ungodly pleasures because the ruler himself is never godly. Some depend on alcohol to help them forget about their woes, others use seductives and drugs to help them feel high and forget about their lives, others resort in po*******hy and sexual addition, others also chase after education, work, money, marriage and properties in search for peace but they never find it. _Kosmos_ gives money, success, power just as Christ gives but theirs comes with sorrow, is short lived, a type of escapism which leads men into destruction.( Proverbs 10:22).
A _kosmos_ body like the United Nations(UN) constantly works towards world peace, yet wars have been on the increase even after the UN began operating as a world peace enforcing
body.
Some attempt to seek for peace by looking for it in the wrong place,the world, but the peace Christ gives surpasses all human understanding, it is divine and not dependent on this _kosmos_. It gives us a kind of inner joy, hope and satisfaction.
We can actually enjoy this peace as citizens of the kingdom by trusting in the Lord and not leaning on our own understanding( Proverbs 3:5-6), casting all our cares on Christ knowing He cares( 1 Peter 5:7), not being anxious about anything but channelling all things in prayer, supplication and with thanksgiving(Philippians 4:6)
This is not a man made method but God's ordained formula whi