About finding peace in chaos…
Matthew 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you
are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation
will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and
earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
(NIV)
We all have good reasons to be anxious, concerned, and worried about many
things in life. We all have good reasons to be alarmed over many of the
circumstances in our lives. However, what happens outside of us need not reach
into us within our heart, mind, and soul. You might know of a person or persons
who can remain calm in any circumstance. You can become that kind of person. One
of the key things to remember in any chaotic moment is that what seems to be
such an alarming event at the moment is not really so alarming compared to all
the events of history since the beginning of time. What seems incredibly
important and alarming today, will, in time, fade away in memory. Inner peace is
most often achieved when we begin to see things as God sees them. When we see
our life as God sees it, even the traumatic and awful times of our life can be
used for His good will and for His glory. Granted, we can often seem to be
destroyed by events, but we must remember that no matter what events do to us,
we have an incredible shield of protection around our heart and soul put in
place by God. In the whole scheme of eternity, when we put our life into the
hands of Christ, He in turn puts a shield of protection around us. When we
become alarmed with what is happening in the world or what is happening in our
life, we must look at Christ and His suffering upon the Cross. Christ suffered
for a purpose. Christ suffered for each of us. When we fully see His suffering,
then our selfish fears, our selfish anxieties, our selfish concerns, and our
selfish worries are all made a great deal smaller. As things seem to unravel in
our life, although we may be deeply frightened, we need only look to Christ to
find comfort and find an end to our fears. Christ not only defeated death in His
own life, Christ defeated death for us and defeated our fears of what may happen
to us in the future.
