Warranties on major appliances eventually expire, as they do with automobiles and all major purchases. You might find a life-time warranty on socks, an item cheap to replace, but once that pair gets lost in your drawer it’s hard to remember the promise attached.

Jesus left his disciples with a promise with no expiration: I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.

This promise still applies to Jesus’s disciples today—both aspects. Those who follow Jesus will indeed face trials and adversity. But in the midst of such challenges we may take comfort in knowing the Jesus stays in control.

Keep this promise close to heart. Jesus overcame the world a long time ago, and you and I are with Jesus.

John 16 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022

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