Peace in the Rifted Rock: Overcoming Trouble with God’s Victory


There is an axiom that says—surely you’ve heard it and probably lived it:  

**“If anything can go wrong, it will.”**

This brings to mind what God shared with the world:  

"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in Me. Here on earth, you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."— John 16:33 (NLT)

As a Minnesotan once said to me, “Yah, sure. You bet yah!”  

Take it from personal experience: as surely as the sun rises in the East, you will hit times of trouble. This isn’t how God intended life to be, but when humanity first fell for the serpentine seduction, the planet fell into the stranglehold of sin. Ever since, disorder and dysfunction have ruled.

Trouble is a reality—plain to see. But peace? That’s the elusive one.  

It’s fascinating that in the same breath God warns of trouble, He also promises peace. Why? Because He has overcome the world. The Greek word for “overcome” implies something that happened in the past with continuing effect—like dropping a rock into a pond and watching the ripples spread. God’s victory wasn’t a one-time event. It continues to pour out, empowering us to face and overcome our troubles.

“Yah, sure. You bet yah,” if anything can go wrong, it will in this dysfunctional world.  

But thank God—we can count on Him to dispense peace in troubled times.

In the rifted Rock I'm resting; Safely sheltered, I abide. There no foes nor storms molest me, While within the cleft I hide. — Mary James

Location: Hollywood, FL 33025, USA

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