The pastor, his wife, and their six small children had just read Psalm 23 while eating breakfast. Suddenly, the police burst into his home to search the house and arrest him.<\/p>\n
The police asked him, \u201cDon\u2019t you have anything to say? Have you no sorrow or regret?\u201d The pastor said carefully, \u201cYou are the answer to what we prayed today. We just read in Psalm 23 that God prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies. We had a table but no enemies. Now you have come. If you would like anything that is on the table, I would like to share it with you. You were sent by God.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow could you say such stupid things? We will take you to prison, and you will die there. You will never see your children again.\u201d With ease, the pastor continued, \u201cWe also read about that today: \u2018Though I pass through valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
The officer shouted, \u201cEveryone fears death. I know because I have seen it on their faces.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA shadow of a dog can\u2019t bite you, and a shadow of death can\u2019t kill you. You can kill us or put us in prison, but nothing bad can happen to us. We\u2019re in (Jesus) Christ, and if we die, He will take us to his world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Comment<\/strong>: Peace. It\u2019s becoming as valuable as blue-chip stock in today\u2019s economy of unrest and violence. Fortunately, all believers are shareholders in God\u2019s gift through Jesus Christ. But many people lack this peace. Some take prescriptions and worry to no end, trying to receive peace apart from God. Whatever good feeling they may find is only temporary at best. Then it\u2019s back to worry and unrest. In contrast, God\u2019s peace enables us to succeed with serenity in our sufferings. No trial can unnerve your trust in him. Like the gentle pastor in this story, though calamity may strike without warning, you will be prepared with God\u2019s perfect peace.<\/em><\/p>\n “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3<\/strong><\/p>\n Culled from Voice of the Matyrs<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The pastor, his wife, and their six small children had just read Psalm 23 while eating breakfast. Suddenly, the police burst into his home to search the house and arrest him. The police asked him, \u201cDon\u2019t you have anything to say? Have you no sorrow or regret?\u201d The pastor said carefully, \u201cYou are the answer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772],"tags":[512,4844,4845],"class_list":["post-58331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faith","tag-death","tag-serenity","tag-shepherd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}