Take Courage

32 "Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone ; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 33 "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."

Jesus spoke these words prior to going into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray the night before he died.  

You will have tribulation, but in Jesus you HAVE peace. Take courage! The Greek word that is translated here as courage here is the marriage of joy and courage. Imagine a boy finished with his homework finished flying out of his front door and bounding down the porch out to play with his best friends on  perfect day. Imagine Todd Beamer's state of mind aboard flight 93 and overtaking hijackers.

This is the state of mind that is ours because Jesus has overcome the world.

When hardness of life and uncertainty presses in, remember these words of our Savior.

Take courage, I have overcome the world.