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Good day, this is Michael De Rosa and today I want to look at Romans 15:13:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Joy and peace come from two things: both a reduction of the stresses in our life such as media overload or tensions at work; and the right focus
Now society’s answer to this has been to engage in activities like physical exercise or meditation, which while alleviating stress, poses a question: how can a person who is out of control, namely stressed, be in control to consider what things to do to manage his stress.
You see, Society’s answer does not provide the right focus.
But God has a remedy. Trust him. He knows that the best thing for us is to take us out of the driver seat of our life and let Him lead us. And as we trust, he gives his Peace…and Joy.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, we may be able to find a measure of relaxation in physical exercise and the like, but unless we deal with the cause of our unrest effectively it will, like a weed, relentless attack again and again
Trust God