DCLM Daily Manna 3 March 2026: The Peace of God
Text: John 14:26-31 (KJV)
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 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. 28 You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.
29 “And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
KEY VERSE: (John 14:27)
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
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In 1555, Dr. Nicholas Ridley, English bishop of Rochester, was sentenced to be burned at the stake in England because of his witness for Christ. On the night before Ridley’s execution, his brother offered to remain with him in the prison chamber to comfort him. Ridley declined the offer, saying, “I intend (God willing) to go to bed, and sleep as quietly tonight, as ever I did.” Because he knew the peace of God, he could rest in the strength of the everlasting arms of his Lord.
Christ said to His disciples, “my peace I give unto you”. As if in the eye of a hurricane, Jesus’s disciples were troubled at the news of His imminent death. Before then, they were all crammed into a room, worrying about their future.
Jesus spoke these words to calm their nerves and encourage them. He promised to ask the Father to send the Comforter (the Holy Ghost) to fill the void and to guide them in their future endeavour.
The world is in the throes of chaos and anarchy. There is almost universal absence of peace in the souls of men and within the world around us. We might think of the brutality and disregard for the image of God in man, as displayed in the pro-abortion efforts that some ideologists are campaigning to sustain. Believers must not be dismayed since the Scripture had predicted increase of evils like this and remain dogged in preaching the truth, and condemning sin.
Jesus offers a unique and lasting peace to believers, a peace that surpasses all worldly understanding (Philippians 4:7), and can be found, even amidst life’s tedious challenges. By trusting in Christ’s presence and relying on His power to overcome anxieties and fears, we can still have rest in the midst of the most challenging situations.
This peace is not dependent on external circumstances; it comes from a deep inner connection with God. Wherever God rules, the result is peace that passes all human understanding. Wherever He is truly present with His people, peace will reign and the world will be better.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Enduring peace is not the absence of crisis but the presence of God even in crisis.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
2 Corinthians 8-10
DCLM Daily Manna 3 March 2026
