Peace it’s yours
A man came to a psychiatric doctor and said, “I don’t have joy or peace in my heart; all the time there is sadness and bitterness in my heart; tell me a way how I could be happy.”
The doctor gave him an idea saying, “In our city a circus is being exhibited. In that there is one comedian who is making everyone to laugh. There is no one who has not laughed on what he talks or how he looks like. You can also go there, you could be happy for a few hours forgetting all about yourself.
“The patient who had come said, “I am that joker. I am that joker who makes thousands of people to laugh and makes them happy.In front of others I act jovially and make them happy. But in my heart there is no peace,” which surprised the doctor.
Today your situation is also the same. You show outside that you are happy; but in your heart there is no joy.You act in front of your friends and relatives as if you are very happy. But there is no joy in your heart. By doing good to others you make them happy; but within you there is no permanent peace.
When you are in the midst of others, there is a particular joy within you due to your education, your position, your power and your earnings. It lasts only for a short time; that joy is not permanent. When you are alone there is emptiness, unsatisfactory yearning, no sound sleep and troubled life.
There is no peace…
No peace in the heart…
What should one do to get peace?
Whatever the eyes coveted happened; whatever the heart and the flesh desired have been experienced; all the sinful desires have been tasted… Yet, No peace… In anything there is no complete happiness…
WHY THERE IS NO PEACE?
God says, “There is no peace for sinners.” Many years back a case called, “Poisonous injection case,” came for hearing in Chennai High Court. The reason for it was this only.
Four or five friends joined together and would loot the business people of lakhs of rupees, when come to Chennai for business deals. They would enter the lodges where they stay as government officials. They would ask, “Where is the account for this money?” Even when they say the truth they would act as if they did not believe them, would take them for enquiry to the office in a car. They would inject poison saying that they want to bring out the truth which would be brought out by that particular injection. Once the person dies they would burn the body in a forest area outside the city and loot the lakhs of rupees.
Some have even pleaded knowing well that they are being killed for the sake of their money. Some of them have cried out bitterly saying, “If you want the money, you take it. Please leave me.
I have my wife and children at home.” But they were killed without compassion.
They got lakhs and lakhs of rupees. They shared it.
The one who got the maximum profit surrendered to the police and turned approver by telling the truth. With his help they arrested all those connected with the case.
The case came to the court for hearing. The one who turned approver told all the truth in the court.
The judge asked him a question, “No one suspected you, but then why did you come and accept the truth?”
The answer given by that man was a surprising one: he became a millionaire by murdering and looting. He bought a big bungalow and made his life comfortable. Bought a car and travelled happily. He was thinking that now on it’s only a happy life.
But when he went to bed in the night, he could not sleep. When he closes his eyes in the bed, he used to feel that the faces of those whom he had killed would come in front of him. Their cries for their lives pleading with him that they have their wife and children and that he could take their money, used to resonate in his ears. Days went by without sleep in the nights and fear and confusion gripped him.
He went to the so called holy places where he conducted ‘poojas’ and prayed thinking that this sin would go away. But he did not get peace.
He did charity for poor thinking that his sin would be forgotten. He did not get peace in his heart. His heart was grieved because of the murders and looting that he did. He could not forget those images.
He was experiencing extraordinary pain all alone every day. He could not tell it to anyone. Finally he accepted the truth only after he realized that only after accepting his mistake would he get the peace.
Yes! The man who sinned cries out saying that my sin is in front of me. The sin of a person itself gives the guilt feeling to his conscious and destroys his peace.
Many think that only killing and looting are sins. It’s not like that. All those things that spring in the heart of a person such as foul thoughts, adultery, prostitution, murder, stealing, desire for money, unscrupulousness, malice, pride, sensual relationships, evil eye, cursing, pride and foolishness makes man sinful.
Adultery of the eyes, adultery of the flesh, drunkenness, desire for money, vindictiveness, cheating and bribery separate, man from God.
What is your position?
The joy one experiences through sinful lusts and lust of the flesh slowly fades away as days go by and makes man a slave to it. Even though they want to leave them, they are unable to separate themselves from those sinful acts. Anyone who sins is a slave to the sin.
On one side there is loss of peace due to sin and sinful habits; the fear that it would bring out sinful acts to the open.
Who will deliver me from this sin? Will my sin be forgiven? Will there be a deliverance form sin? Can I also get peace?
Are you troubled like this?
You have good news:
You can be delivered from sin.
You can get the forgiveness of sin.
You can receive the true Godly peace.
THE WAY TO PEACE!!
The God who created this earth came to this world as man because of His love for the mankind who has lost its peace because of sin. He came as a
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Mathew 11:28)
Even if you are caught up in a big sin or in sinful ways, He will accept you. He will not cast you away just because you are a sinner. You can come near Jesus boldly. With Him you have forgiveness of sin.
You don’t have to go in search this Jesus anywhere. He is available everywhere. You can accept Him from the very place you are. You don’t have to spend money to get this forgiveness of sins from Jesus. Jesus is giving poor man for the deliverance of man from sin and to provide forgiveness of sin.
Jesus Christ who came as Prince of Peace, died on the cross to give peace to man. He shed is Holy blood on the cross from His nail pierced hands and feet.
The Hindu Vedas accept, There is no remission of sins without shedding blood. The blood of Jesus Christ would cleanse us of all our sins.”
“Jesus Christ created peace by shedding His blood on the cross.” The reason: “Jesus Christ bore our sins on His body to the cross. He was broken for our transgressions. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him.”
Yes, for you, for the sins you committed Jesus Christ accepted the punishment. He shed His blood on the cross for the forgiveness of your sins.
There is no other way other than Jesus Christ for your sins to be forgiven and to get true peace.
Man cannot achieve forgiveness of sins or peace through charity or by his fear of God. Only through Jesus
The only thing which you need to do: Accept and declare that you are sinner to Jesus, accept Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior in your heart.
“The one who hides his sins will not get redemption but the one who declares it and leaves it would find grace.”
Jesus Christ is not asking for your gold or silver; He is not calling you to join in a new religion. He wants you to give place in His heart.
When Jesus comes into your heart, He forgives your sins and gives you a truly heavenly peace.
Your whole life would become a happy life. Are you willing to receive this truly heavenly peace? If so then you pray with your whole heart like this:
Jesus! I believe you are the true God!
I believe that you died on the cross for my sins!
I accept that I am a sinner, forgive my sins! I accept you in my heart as my
Lord and Savior!
Give me the peace from the forgiveness of sins!
From today you are my God…
My Savior.. Amen.