As Jesus prepared his disciples for his departure, he warned them that :"hard times" awaited them, but told them to have courage, for he had overcome the world. "In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world." (Jn 16: 33). This assurance is like a shot of Vitamin B-12. something to restore our spiritual pep, for indeed, as we hear of shootings, corruption in all corners, opinions, ideologies totally contrary to the truth, and millions of people wandering in search of peace in all the wrong places, we can become discouraged and lose our own peace.
We're coming to the end of the Easter Season, but let's not forget the joy and power of Easter morning seven weeks ago, when we shouted,"Alleluia, Christ has Risen." By his rising, he has conquered sin, evil, death, despair, discouragement and depression. Next Sunday, we will celebrate Pentecost, the unleashing of the Holy Spirit through whom the effects and power of the resurrection continue to flow into our hearts, into our world. Jesus has conquered "the world" and given us the Spirit to uphold that conquest till the end of time.
Bro. Rene
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