God's Promise to His Beloved: Peace Beyond Understanding

Peace I leave with you,
My peace I give to you;
not as the world gives
do I give to you...
John 14:27

In Israel, Jews greet each other with the words “shalom, shalom”. Unlike the English word “peace”, “shalom” does not just mean peace of mind, but also wholeness for your entire being — spirit, soul and body. It means having a sense of completeness and soundness. In other words, shalom encompasses your provision, health, safety and total well—being.

When Jesus spoke to His disciples in John 14:27, He did not use the English word “peace”. He would have used the Hebrew word “shalom”, saying, “Shalom I leave with you, My shalom I give to you” Interestingly, the word “leave” here actually means “bequeath”, the way a rich man bequeaths his estate to his beneficiary. Jesus wanted His disciples to know that His peace was different from the peace that the world offers. His peace would change whatever trying circumstances that beset them.

His shalom will change all your difficult situations, bringing you from sickness, lack and mental anguish to health, provision and total wellness!

(source: Joseph Prince daily devotional)

God's Promise to His Beloved: No More Flood

Genesis 8:21-22
Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done."

“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”

Genesis 9:11
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: "Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Genesis 9:13-16
"I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

God's Promise to His Beloved: Abundant Life

John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

God's Promise to His Beloved: Strength and Wellness

But those who wait on (hope in) the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31

God's Promise to His Beloved: Righteousness in Christ!

At the cross, our acceptance is found. There, Jesus cried out with His last breath "It is finished!" (John 19:30). The work is complete. The full punishment of all our sins was exacted on Jesus at the cross. God's own Son had to be crushed at Calvary for us to obtain the gift of His unmerited favor and His righteousness. The full payment for this free gift was exacted on Jesus' body. It is free for us but it costs God His only begotten Son! (source: Joseph Prince's 100 Days of Favor)

And because of what Jesus has done, God promises: “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,” then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” (Hebrews 10:16, 17)

God's Promise to His Beloved: Renewal of Youth!

Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:

Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,

Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalm 103: 1-5