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Peace, Not like the world offers // Paz, Não como o mundo oferece


Peace. The world seeks for peace. It has been this way ever since. Why can’t we achieve peace? Can you say that you live peacefully? Down deep in your mind, you think you can assure me that you have peace, don’t you? Do you really? Or do you always have something in your mind that makes you wake up in the middle of the night or take away your concentration because of that or that?

 

I know what you mean. It is a person who is jealous of you, or that promotion that seems so hard to achieve, or the debt you lost your hope to pay it. There are so many problems in our lives that it is almost impossible to talk about peace. Peace of mind, peace on the streets, peace in the world. Everything seems so foggy, so hard to see ahead. You worry about your future, your kids’ future, the environment, the climate changes, the racism, the riots, the political battles that never end. Oh, man! Life is hard, isn’t it? You always think, does it have to be this hard? Why can’t I sleep soundly and profoundly at night knowing that everything is really going to be ok and not to think about the problems that will still be there in the morning waiting for me at my coffee table?

 

I tell you now. I have peace. I sleep fine, I mean, without worries. That doesn’t mean that I don’t have any. Eventually, something comes to mind, but I don’t let it stay. I give them all to Jesus. He is the one who says to me every day that everything is going to be ok. And I believe. I believe because He has proven to me that when He is the one holding my worries, I feel peace. And in the due time, the problems are solved, I didn’t have to be worried or lost one single night of sleep.

 

I don’t know the source of your problems and worries. But one thing I can guarantee to you – He is the one who holds the answer. I don’t like spiritualizing everything; but when it comes to peace of mind, I feel that I have to.

 

I am not saying that if you have a health problem it will go away miraculously, it can happen, but this I can’t promise. But I promise that whatever it is, it is better when you trust in the One who assures you that no matter what He will be with you all the way until your time has come. Your pains will still be there, but you know that is temporary. You know that is a small price to pay to have guaranteed eternal life with a new body free of pain. Because I believe that I can live with my pain and not complain about it. I can live and be sad about a variety of things that are happening in the world right now, but I know He is in control, even when I can’t see it because I am limited in my vision, but in my faith, I know, He is in control. I know that all that is happening has to happen because it is part of His plan. And whatever I can do, and whatever I feel that it is in my power to do, I will do it. But if it is not in my power to do, I know who has the power to change or not the situation. It is not my will, but His will that has to be done on earth. Like we pray in the LORD’s prayer.

 

I heard this song on Saturday, and this is my prayer today:

 

“I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold,

I'd rather be His than have riches untold

I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land,

Yes, I'd rather be led by His nail-pierced hand.

 

Than to be the king of a vast domain

And be held in sin's dread sway

I'd rather have Jesus than anything

This world affords today.

 

I'd rather have Jesus than worldly applause,

I'd rather be faithful to His dear cause

I'd rather have Jesus than worldwide fame,

I'd rather be true to His holy name.

 

Than to be the king of a vast domain

And be held in sin's dread sway

I'd rather have Jesus than anything

This world affords today

 

He’s fairer than lilies of rarest bloom

He’s sweeter than honey from out the comb;

He’s all that my hungering spirit needs.

I’d rather have Jesus and let Him lead

 

Songwriters: GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA, RHEA MILLER

Paz. O mundo busca a paz. Tem sido assim desde então. Por que não podemos alcançar a paz? Você pode dizer que vive em paz? No fundo de sua mente, você acha que pode me garantir que tem paz, não é? Você tem realmente? Ou você sempre tem algo em sua mente que te faz acordar no meio da noite ou tira sua concentração por causa disso ou daquilo?

 

Eu sei o que você quer dizer. É uma pessoa que tem ciúme de você, ou daquela promoção que parece tão difícil de conseguir, ou da dívida que você perdeu a esperança de pagá-la. Existem tantos problemas em nossas vidas que é quase impossível falar sobre paz. Paz de espírito, paz nas ruas, paz no mundo. Tudo parece tão nebuloso, tão difícil de ver à frente. Você se preocupa com o seu futuro, o futuro do seus filhos, o meio ambiente, as mudanças climáticas, o racismo, os motins, as batalhas políticas que nunca terminam. Oh cara! A vida é difícil, não é? Você sempre pensa: tem que ser assim tão difícil? Por que não consigo dormir profundamente à noite sabendo que tudo realmente vai ficar bem e não pensar nos problemas que ainda estarão lá de manhã esperando por mim na minha mesa de café?

 

Eu te digo agora. Eu tenho paz. Durmo bem, quer dizer, sem preocupações. Isso não significa que eu não tenha nenhuma. Eventualmente, algo vem à mente, mas eu não deixo ficar. Eu os entrego todos a Jesus. É Ele quem me diz todos os dias que vai dar tudo certo. E eu acredito. Eu acredito porque Ele provou para mim que quando é Ele quem está segurando minhas preocupações, eu sinto paz. E no devido tempo, os problemas são resolvidos, não tive que me preocupar ou perder uma única noite de sono.

 

Eu não sei a fonte de seus problemas e preocupações. Mas uma coisa posso garantir a você - Ele é quem tem a resposta. Não gosto de espiritualizar tudo; mas quando se trata de paz de espírito, sinto que tenho.

 

Não estou dizendo que, se você tiver um problema de saúde, ele irá embora milagrosamente, pode acontecer, mas não posso prometer isso. Mas eu prometo que seja o que for, é melhor quando você confia naquele que lhe garante que não importa o que Ele estará com você por todo o caminho até que sua hora chegue. Suas dores ainda estarão lá, mas você sabe que é temporário. Você sabe que é um pequeno preço a pagar para ter garantida a vida eterna com um novo corpo livre de dores. Porque acredito que posso conviver com minha dor e não reclamar dela. Posso viver e ficar triste com uma variedade de coisas que estão acontecendo no mundo agora, mas sei que Ele está no controle, mesmo quando não posso ver porque sou limitada na minha visão, mas na minha fé, eu sei que Ele está no controle. Eu sei que tudo o que está acontecendo tem que acontecer porque faz parte do Seu plano. E tudo o que posso fazer, e tudo o que sinto que está em meu poder fazer, eu farei. Mas se não está em meu poder fazer, eu sei quem tem o poder de mudar ou não a situação. Não é minha vontade, mas a vontade Dele que deve ser feita na terra. Como oramos no Pai Nosso.

 

Eu ouvi essa música no sábado, e esta é minha oração hoje:

 

“Prefiro Jesus do que prata ou ouro,

Eu prefiro ser Dele do que ter riquezas incalculáveis

Eu prefiro ter Jesus do que casas ou terras,

Sim, prefiro ser conduzido por Sua mão perfurada por pregos.

 

Do que ser o rei de um vasto domínio

E ser mantido sob o domínio do pecado

Eu prefiro ter Jesus a qualquer coisa que

Este mundo oferece hoje.

 

Eu prefiro ter Jesus do que aplausos mundanos,

Prefiro ser fiel à sua querida causa

Eu prefiro ter Jesus do que fama mundial,

Prefiro ser fiel ao Seu santo nome.

 

Do que ser o rei de um vasto domínio

E ser mantido sob o domínio do pecado

Eu prefiro ter Jesus a qualquer coisa que

Este mundo oferece hoje

 

Ele é mais belo do que lírios da mais rara flor

Ele é mais doce do que o mel do favo;

Ele é tudo o que meu espírito faminto precisa.

Eu prefiro ter Jesus e deixá-lo liderar

 

Compositores: GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA, RHEA MILLER


 




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