v27 Jesus is talking about leaving His peace with the disciples as He leaves them and goes to the Father. But this is given as part of the context of Him speaking about believers who love Him and keep His Word, so He’s speaking to all faithful believers. This is hugely encouraging and it’s taken me until my later years to really believe it. I didn’t consider myself a fearful person in my younger years, but now looking back I see that I’ve been fearful during many times. I sure don’t think that, now, “I’ve arrived,” but by necessity I’ve learned to rely more on God and less on myself and, gee, guess what?… peace has increased greatly.
The power of God’s peace comes from the fact that He’s infinite and can do anything He wants and, thankfully, He wants what’s best for us. Even if our immediate circumstances look less than best, God sees the bigger picture and we can trust Him with what we don’t see or haven’t even considered.
v30 I wonder if the angel Gabriel was keeping Satan at bay until God decided it was time to let him kill Jesus’ body?
