Week 6: The Upside Down Kingdom
When Jesus promised His disciples the Holy Spirit, He wasn’t just talking about power or knowledge He was talking about presence. God's presence. With them. In them. Always.
And right in the middle of that promise, He gives a gift the world desperately wants but can never truly offer: peace. Not the kind of peace that comes from a quiet room or an easy life. But a deep, soul-level calm rooted in the unshakable truth that God is with us, even in the chaos.
The Holy Spirit doesn’t just teach or remind us He settles us. He whispers truth when lies get loud. He brings Jesus’ words to mind when we forget. He anchors us when fear tries to take over.
Heaven touches earth through the peace of God in the people of God. That’s the kind of peace that stands out in a noisy, anxious world. It’s not manufactured it’s received.
Read John 14:25-27 (ESV)
“25 These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 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 that I have 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 hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
Reflection:
Where in my life do I need to receive the peace Jesus offers through the Holy Spirit?
What does it say about God that He gives us peace through His presence, not our circumstances?
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