Yesterday I wrote about the importance of listening to God at sunrise. The problem is that by sunset we have not only heard God's voice we have heard a thousand others.
Some of those voices were external; people telling us that we'll never amount to anything, that our work is sloppy and that we don't know what we're talking about.
Some of those voices are internal; that inner voice that tells us we'll never amount to anything, that our work isn't good enough and we're ignorant.
What voices had the disciples heard that first day of Jesus' resurrection? The only voice that mattered was that of their Master which they heard at the end of the day.
"On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." John 20:19 English Standard Version
Some of those voices were external; people telling us that we'll never amount to anything, that our work is sloppy and that we don't know what we're talking about.
Some of those voices are internal; that inner voice that tells us we'll never amount to anything, that our work isn't good enough and we're ignorant.
What voices had the disciples heard that first day of Jesus' resurrection? The only voice that mattered was that of their Master which they heard at the end of the day.
"On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." John 20:19 English Standard Version
Before you go to bed tonight, I pray that you hear the only voice that matters.
Spinning through your mind might be the sound of an accusing boss or an angry child. Whirling through your brain might be the racket of personal failure.
Jesus appears behind the locked doors of these voices and says to you, "Peace be with you." It is for this reason he died. It is for this reason he rose. It is for this reason he abides with you.
By the way, the summer sunsets in Alaska last forever. May that be your experience of Jesus' peace.
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