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Peace Under Pressure 

God always intended us to live in peace. He has promised us peace. But we often find ourselves in periods of pressure. The period of pressure is the time between when you accept the promise and the time when you take delivery of it. If you look into Abraham’s life when God gave him the promise about bearing his own child, he never questioned God. He obeyed. Imagine the pressure he went through because of people who mocked him for even believing the promise at his age. Abraham was under a lot of pressure. Yet, he had peace on the inside.

God is the same God even today. He is as real as He was back then. He is here, very much alive and working in ways our mind can’t fathom. God needs more people who will obey Him rather than question Him. God gave you a promise and all you have to do is obey. What is the worst that can happen if you obey God? 

Peace can never be forced. If you are forcing peace, it cannot be God. Just because there is pressure from outside does not mean you cannot have peace on the inside. You can find the peace of God in the midst of extreme chaos. Just because things don’t go as planned does not mean that you’re not in the will of God. 

In this period of pressure don’t give up. Go find your peace. Don’t try to escape the process. Push through it. People may have pushed you away, told you that you have all the negatives there could ever be, defined you as good for nothing, but GOD STILL LOVES YOU and has a great plan for your life. Your confidence in a person comes with a relationship and the same goes with God. You need to have an intimate relationship with God. You need to know God is going to show up no matter how bad the situation looks. Pressure isn’t applied to break you but to build you. 

Just lean on Him, trust Him and see Him never let you down. The best is yet to come. Peace is a promise He keeps. 

Questions: 

What has God placed in your heart that the devil is so eager to steal and put doubt in your heart? 

Are you at rest or is there a hurricane inside of you, an uncertainty of what is going to happen next?