To a Quiet Heart Here and Now

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.  John 14:1

There has been one in this world called Jesus of Nazareth, 

• and it is He who says to me, 
• "Let not your heart be troubled...believe in me," 

Which means, 

• "Come to me, tell me your troubles, 
• tell me all about your difficulty about God, 
• the difficulty of prayer, 
• the difficulty about your weak will and failure."

It does not matter what it is that makes me restless and ill at ease.  

• It may be the possibility of war, 
• it may be illness, 
• it may be business troubles, 
• it may be my own weakness morally or 
• in the realm of the will - 

Whatever it is, whatever is troubling and making me unhappy, 

• I must go to him about it.  
• He is the one who loved me enough to die for me.  
• He said, "Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28).  

There is no need for me to be unhappy and restless.  

• I believe in God.  
• I believe in the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ who came on earth to deliver me from that very thing and 
• who has removed every barrier between me and God and 
• who can give me rest and peace here and now.

Adapted Excerpt from Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled by Martyn Lloyd-Jones