MAXIM: Let Go & Fear Not

There are times when it seems that things are cruising along just as they should be. You know what I mean... the job is clicking, friendships are well managed, family is cohesive... And then, at least once in a while, the whole thing comes off the rails. Maybe not completely. Perhaps its only one of the many elements of your life that comes undone. For me the crash usually comes in sets of some kind, never as one thing. It reminds me of the superstition regarding major disasters or celebrity passings: they always come in three's!

I try very hard not to have this fatalistic attitude in my life but sometimes its tough. Experience is a hard task master, after all. Regardless of whether trials come in three's there is no question that they will come. Jesus said so in John 16 verse 33:

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

And it's great that in that verse we have not only the warning of trouble to come, but the rescue as well. Jesus had just spoken about some times of trouble, but He told us that at the same time HE is the place we find peace.

What is troubling you? Who is troubling you? While Jesus doesn't promise to remove the trouble He does promise ultimate success. The world will try to smack you down, but HE is the overcomer.

Be at peace.