Within the past few months I have had a few bad experiences with so called "warranties". My fridge broke, my laptop battery seems to be dying, my TV started turning on by itself, and my flight was booked incorrectly... maybe missed another one but you get the gist. At the time of selling, everyone tells you how great the product will be and give you castles of promises on how they will be there for you if something goes wrong with the product within the covered timeframe. When things do go bad forever, you are in no-man's land hoping to get someone to respond to your claim.
Have you ever had a similar experience?
Peace is something that is hard to find within the daily routine. Everything around us and the pace at which the world and business world moves is just almost designed to make us stressed, upset, disappointed... The company in charge of fixing my fridge washed up their hands and left me with a broken fridge while still on warranty, the company responsible for my TV asked me to wait and see if the manufacturer releases an update that fixes the bug, the laptop company troubleshooted remote and because the software says the battery is "fine", then there's nothing they can do... Everyone was there to sell me the products. Nobody there when the products failed and I needed support. We are living in an era where stealing is completely legal. Injustices happen daily and since the "justice system" is rigged in favor of those with money, us in the 99% are left without true justice.
Sometimes I feel like I don't belong in this world and then when I read my Bible I realize neither me nor you were created for this world. We live in a sin-stained world. We do not live in the perfect world that God made for us. He knew this would be the result of sin and in His infinite love He left for us His word and the promise that everything will once again be made right. In the world we live in, true peace can only be found in Jesus, in God. Only through Him and with Him we can experience life satisfaction.
"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid..."- John 14:27
In the midst of all my warranty claims, I put all those troubles aside, came to God and it was as if none of that even happened on the first place. God will provide and He takes care of those under His wings. When I opened my Bible, when I came to work on this ministry, when I decided to focus my attention on God, everything changed. I am so grateful that we have such a friend and God in Him. What about you? Let not the troubles of this world take away your focus on Him who has promised to return and make everything perfect again. We're here on this planet temporarily, on borrowed time. We won't be here forever but we will, if we're faithful, be next to God forever. Do you accept His free peace?
When thoughts about how tough the world is overcome your mind, remember:
"[Jesus] These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”-John 16:33
He overcame the world, and He is coming back for us.
Until next one,
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