Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled



"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my God."

-Psalm 43:11 [KJV]


"Let not your heart be troubled..."

-John 14, vss. 1 & 27 [KJV]


It is clear from scripture, and it is our day to day experience, that in this world, God's children, like the rest of Adam's race, will have trials, troubles and difficulties. Though we are the elect of God, chosen in eternal love and redeemed by the almighty blood of Jesus Christ, yet we have many a bitter cup of trouble and trial to drink before we finally enjoy everlasting glory and rest. But there is a sure remedy for this heart trouble. "Ye believe in God, believe also in Me." The only real medicine for troubled hearts is - faith - confidence in the sovereign Christ!

This is the only prescription our Lord gives in the fourteenth chapter of John to eleven bewildered, troubled, distressed disciples. In essence He says, "Believe more thoroughly, trust more entirely, lean on Me more unreservedly, lay hold of Me more firmly, lean on Me more completely, that is the cure." We may at all time, whether in sickness or in health, in poverty or in wealth trust the providential wisdom of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. He has the power, ability and know-how to cause all things to actually work together for our good and His glory. Children of God, hear me - NO - hear Him, "Let not your heart be troubled."


-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd




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