The devil cannot touch a Christian who is at rest

Recent events can make a weak heart troubled and subsequently lead on to all kinds of diseases and sicknesses. The situation in the middle east, the recent earthquakes in Sumatra, the plane crash in Phuket yesterday, the financial upheaval in the loan mortgage arena, etc can be very discomforting and I know of a few people who had even lost sleep over these incidents.

Disease come from the word 'dis-ease' or lack of ease. And clearly these people are not at ease - worrying about what would happen to their investment portfolio or their businesses or even their jobs. And by worrying, will that add more into their lives? in fact I would say the worrying will take away some moments of their lives and aid the decaying process.

A few days ago I mentioned that the favourite catchphrases of Jesus are 'Don't worry', 'Let not your heart be troubled', 'Take no thought', 'Peace' and 'Do not be anxious'. Jesus told His disciples, 'Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid' (John 14:27) only after He spoke to them about His sending us His Holy Spirit (John 14:26) Who will teach us all things.

So what is the key here? The Holy Spirit will teach us ALL things. So what are these things? Notice in John 16:8 Jesus gave us the threefold work of the Holy Spirit
1. He will convict the world of sin
2. He will convict believers of their righteousness
3. He will judge the devil because he stands condemned

Know for a certainty that we, children of our Lord Jesus Christ, have the righteousness of God in Christ. In John 15:5, Jesus tells us that He is the vine and we are the branches and when we abide in Him, we will bear much fruit. The branch gets its nourishment from the vine and without the vine, the branch is dead. Since we are the branches, we cannot help but receive His righteousness and knowing that will make us at rest.

When we are at rest, nothing will be able to ruffle our feathers. The devil cannot touch us when we know where we stand in the Lord. He can only do so when we are not at peace with yourselves: dis-ease sets in only when we start to worry and that is why Jesus kept reminding us not to worry but be at rest. Hey, He created us; He is the true Manufacturer and He knows His products well.