THE PROMISE OF PEACE IN A TUMULTUOUS WORLD - by Brent Lokker
Needless to say, there’s been a heap of turmoil in the world, and in America this rose to a crescendo during our recent presidential elections as it has a way of doing every four years. Because we all hold fiercely at times to our cherished opinions of how the world ought to be as well as how it’s going to happen, half of the United States was poised to be incredibly disheartened with the election results. Yet, regardless of whether you were devastated or exuberant with the outcome, God is equally in the midst of each of us doing something much deeper in our hearts… “We are all in love with our own opinions, convinced they’re correct. But the Lord is in the midst of us, testing and probing our every motive.” Proverbs 16:2 (TPT) Because of his tender love for us, he brings to the surface areas of our hearts where we have placed our trust in people or situations or outcomes rather than himself and the goodness of his heart toward us. Then he invites us to explore the why behind our