“Give a world of worry to the One who has overcome the world” by Jonathan Landry Cruse

“There is no getting around it. We will have turmoil in this world. Jesus acknowledges as much Himself.

Integral to the Christian faith is opening our hearts to the gift of peace that Christ has given us, so that we would rise above the tribulation in divinely-marked tranquillity.

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33; cf. Col. 3:15).

What a Saviour! And what a picture of this Saviour we are given in Mark 4!

See Him resting amidst the racket, and nestle yourself right there with Him.

Give Him all your cares, worries, and fears.

Give your trouble to Him and you will discover Christ to be your calm in the storm.

Give a world of worry to the One who has overcome the world.”

–Jonathan Landry Cruse, The Character of Christ: The Fruit of the Spirit in the Life of Our Saviour (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 2023), 55.